By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
July 21 – Danny Jordaan will join up with the FIFA team of inspectors evaluating the bidders for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup in Australia, he has revealed today.
The chief executive of South Africa 2010 has been forced to stay at home and miss the first two visits to Japan and South Korea because of business at home.
The inspectors, headed by Harold Mayne-Nicholls, the President of the Chilean Football Association, are due to arrive in Australia next Monday (July 26).
Jordaan’s trip comes after admitted he is unlikely to return to his former job as chief executive of the South African Football Association (SAFA).
Jordaan is still technically contracted as SAFA’s chief executive, but the 58-year-old is prepared to allow Leslie Sedibe, who has been filling in, to take on the role in a more permanent basis.
“I am a founding member of SAFA and I have held just about every position within the organisation from acting president to CEO,” he said.
“I am effectively the last man standing and I do not think that I should go back to my old job.
“I still have a contract [as chief exeuctive] but I think that it is now time to develop a new generation of leaders.
“Of course, this is something that I still have to discuss with SAFA because I do not believe that I need a position to make a contribution
“I have not made any firm decision on my future.
“I am delighted to be part of FIFA’s inspection team looking over prospective World Cup candidates for 2018 and 2022.”
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