January 26 – Gianni Infantino’s bid to squeeze over the line in next month’s FIFA presidential election has been given impetus after he received the bloc support of the central American Football Union (UNCAF), which carries seven votes in next month’s ballot.
The regional association, part of CONCACAF, published a letter Monday backing the UEFA general secretary in the February 26 election to succeed Sepp Blatter after they met him in Panama before he headed on to the CONMEBOL Congress in Paraguay where a new regional president is being elected after the past three were all indicted in the US corruption probe.
The UNCAF statement was signed by federation presidents from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Guatemala, Belize and Nicaragua, along with UNCAF president Rafael Tinoco.
“I’m delighted to have received the endorsement of all the seven federations of UNCAF,” Infantino, who is due to provide details of his presidential campaign at a news conference at Wembley stadium next week, said in a follow-up statement.
“This support adds to the ones I’ve been receiving from all over the world and encourages me to keep working hard, explaining in detail my proposals to as many federations as possible.”
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