SIX CANDIDATES FOR TRIAL: FIFA PRESIDENCE

Not always serious, often surprising, candidates for the presidency of FIFA have multiplied in recent weeks. Figo to David Ginola through Ali bin Al-Hussein, they are now five to oppose Sepp Blatter. Magazine "workforce".

The Patriarch: Sepp Blatter (Switzerland, 78, FIFA president since 1998)

Profile: born in 1936 in the Valais, Sepp Blatter joined Fifa in 1975. Blatter climbs the ladder, becoming General Secretary and Executive Director. In the summer of 1998, he succeeded Joao Havelange as President of the proceedings by beating the favorite of the election, the Swede Lennart Johansson. He was reappointed in these functions in 2002, 2007 and 2011. In September, the Swiss has confirmed that accounted for the presidency of FIFA in spite of his age and the many controversies that plagued its management (of suspected corruption Fifa elections in the award of the 2018 World Championships and 2022 etc.). In 2011, after his reelection, he had announced that his fourth term would be the last.
Its strengths: its experience, networks.
Its flaws: his pots, his age.
His chances: Blatter is the favorite of the election. Apart from UEFA (54 federations) that opposes him, the Swiss account support in the other five confederations component Fifa. Only Michel Platini, UEFA president, seemed able to beat him. But the French preferred to represent the head of the European Confederation.Sepp Blatter is the boss of FIFA since 1998. (L'Equipe)

The unknown: Jérôme Champagne (France, 56)

Profile: he first led a diplomatic career as Secretary of Foreign Affairs. In 1998, during the World Cup in France, he met Sepp Blatter. Once elected president of FIFA, the Swiss International called Champagne instance counselor, where he remained eleven years before being ousted in 2010. A year ago, the French announced his candidacy for the presidency of the Fifa, taking everyone speed. Cold with Michel Platini, he led a campaign as early as discreet. He argues for a flawless FIFA functioning and behavior.
Its strengths: seriousness of his program, his knowledge of Fifa.
His faults: Jerome?
His chances: It almost has none. Last week, Champagne said not having the five letters of support from federations for its application. The deadline to get is 29 January.

The "Magnifico" David Ginola (France, 48)
Profile: he led a fine playing career. Went through Nice, Toulon, RC Paris and Brest, Ginola explodes PSG in the early 1990s with the Parisian club, he reached three semifinals of European Cups and won the championship of France 1994. Ten- selected seven times at the Blues striker is one of the major players in France and Bulgaria in November 1993. He joined Newcastle two years later and became one of the stars of the English championship. It puts an end to his career in 2002, and launched into a variety of activities: Gino lends his voice to Jacques in Finding Nemo, participated in Dancing with the stars, presents Match of Ze day on Canal + and announced there ... has ten days his candidacy for the presidency of FIFA. El Magnifico is sponsored by Paddy Power, a sports paris company.
Its assets: her hair, her playing career.
Its shortcomings: the lack of seriousness surrounding his candidacy, his executive experience.
His chances: As Jerome Champagne, David Ginola not available for the moment sponsorships for its application. Its fundraising campaign takes off either. Except surprise, it should not be able to stand for election next May 29 in Zurich.

Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein (Jordan, 39)

Profile: Member of the Jordanian royal family, Ali bin al-Hussein, the son of His Majesty the late King Hussein. He is the current President of the Jordanian Federation but also executive committee member and vice-president of FIFA. Described as "open and modern", it has the support of Michel Platini. "I know him well, he has every right to hold the highest responsibility", launched the French there three weeks. But the Prince is not unanimity in the Asian Confederation.
Its strengths: the support of Platini, his opposition to Blatter experience to FIFA.
Its flaws: his opposition to Blatter, his lack of notoriety.
His chances: His candidacy is certainly serious, but should not scare Blatter.

  

The surprise: Luis Figo (Portugal, 42 years)

Profile: David Ginola after Luis Figo is the second former player to run for the presidency of FIFA this year. The Portuguese Ballon d'Or in 2000, has had a distinguished career in his debut for Sporting in 1989, his visits to Barça and Real, his late career at Inter and his 127 caps for Portugal. This Wednesday, the eve of nominations, he announced his desire to succeed Sepp Blatter. The trigger that pushed him to run? "If you type FIFA on the internet, the first word that appears is scandal. We must work to change that image. "A popular explanation at Google.
Its strengths: his playing career, support José Mourinho.
Its shortcomings: lack of experience in governing bodies, the duplicate with the application of Ginola, support José Mourinho.
His chances: The Portuguese have five federation provides letters of support. But candidates must "have played an active role in football for two years in the five years preceding the proposal [their] application." Which is not the case of Figo.
"I care about football and when I look? S image of Fifa, I don? T like it," said Figo. (Reuters)

The rebel Michael van Praag (Netherlands, 67 years)

His profile: his father, Jaap, was chairman of Ajax from 1964 to 1978. After conducting a refereeing career, Michael van Praag imitate his father by becoming president of the club in Amsterdam in 1989. In 2008, he was appointed at the head of the Dutch federation. Last June, when Sepp Blatter announced that he wishes to European federations to retake the presidency of FIFA, the Dutchman rises and solemnly asks him to change his mind. "Do not see nothing personal, but the reputation of FIFA is now inextricably linked to corruption, Fifa president, you are responsible and therefore you should not represent you," he he says. "I have collected many things in my life, but I had never been there," blow the Swiss about this projection. Monday, Van Praag was also nominated for the presidency of FIFA.
Its strengths: his outspokenness, his opposition to Blatter.
Its faults: the duplicate with the nomination of Ali bin Al-Hussein, the lack of communication with Michel Platini and UEFA about his candidacy.
His chances: he meets all the criteria to validate his candidacy until next May. But he too should not match for Blatter.

The one you've escaped Mino Raiola.Mino Raiola (47) himself has renounced run for the head of the proceedings. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's agent agreed with Van Praag. "Even my 12 year old kid knows that the only thing good about FIFA, the video game," he had said last week.

ASIA TO AFRICA: TRANSFERT - NICHOLAS ANELKA CANNOT PLAY IN ALGERIA

Algerian professional football league has refused to issue a waiver that would have allowed Anelka to evolve under the colors of a local club.

Anelka in Algeria, it should not be. Instances of Algerian football refused to issue an exemption to the former French international Nicolas Anelka to allow him to play in a club of Algiers, said Monday the president of the Algerian League of professional football. "The laws on foreign players covering the right to evolve in the Algerian league are clear: only those aged under 27 and international selections in their countries are allowed to sign in our clubs," said Mahfoud Kerbadj quoted by the agency APS. "We do not intend to breach this register," he insisted.


Anelka, 35 years old, was led last week with NAHD who requested a derogation to hire him for 18 months, according to club chairman Mahfoud Algiers Ouled Zmirli. Anelka has evolved in several major European clubs: Arsenal, Chelsea, Juventus or Real Madrid. In 2013, former French international with 69 selections was suspended for five games by the English Football Association and licensed by West Bromwich Albion for a "scoop", a move seen by some as anti-Semitic, which had been the author to celebrate a goal in Premier League. End of 2014, Anelka joined the Indian Super League club FC Mumbai City. 

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All these can help us to try to solve the problems of soccer and stars? None of us ignore that stars are coming to Asian just when they cannot be able to play again in Europe or when the salary and contract who have been offered to them seems to be small. Meaning they are coming just for money. How many stars or former soccer stars are staying in Asia to promote soccer? Algeria doesn’t really have money Mumbai gave to Anelka (not only Anelka is in this situation) but he was not going there for free.

without a second thought.

How to explain that football in Africa is mobilizing sponsors (even if there are not so reach as in Asia) and viewers than Asia? How to understand that Asia with all these infrastructures, cannot manage to pass Africa. When you see talented players in Europe, you will always count African players. We are not saying that Africa should not be at this level, we analyze just a situation, in the future sort of things will be able to kill expectations of football fans in countries like India, Pakistan, China, Maldives, etc ... The example of United Arab Emirate, Saudi Arabia should be the first thing to consider. The arrival of stars at the end of career in a country like India has no really impact in Indian soccer. Soccer will not be more popular than cricket because of old stars. We understand that the influence of players' agents has increased dramatically and reduced to almost zero the influence of organization like ours in the recruitment process and even trials for players and coaches who have, in many cases more talent and competences. If we leave things going like that soccer will be only a business.

An organization like ours regarding the coaches is much more equip than you may think because most of those who ask our help are experience coaches from Africa, America from, of Europe and Asia . However, our expertise has given us very often right. A player who is not very experienced,  title less, give everything to get there. Because he knows he has talent and he wants to get a name. The solution for football in Asia may be to take risks wisely. You cannot come to me when you have something to give me, to help me, but you come to me just when you need my money. People mostly thing that a star brings fans, right but for how long? What usually happens is this: fans even start to criticize and compare stars and others and realize sooner that what the star has “brought” is already in the team. Therefore they are coming in the field to see him in live because they are watching them just through television. Our advice for all Asians clubs is to think twice. How come that Palestine (some years ago Iraq created a big surprise in ACN) is playing Asian cup of nations? Why not India, Pakistan... Take risk to consult any association/organization like ours don’t just things that only a soccer agent has expertize to bring you players or coaches, in another way, you better judge them in trial without second thougth

WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED OF THE 30th AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS

Today 17 January begins the 30th edition of the African Nations Cup. Challenged the host country, Equatorial Guinea will open the competition at 17 hours against Congo in the city of Bata. Playoff excluded for having played an ineligible player and fished since Morocco has given up the tournament, this selection is among the sixteen teams competing in this CAN 2015. Overview.

GROUP A: BURKINA FASO WHEREAS
Surprising finalist in the previous edition, Burkina Faso, he will confirm the displayed potential there two? His Belgian coach Paul Put, is still based on the same elements: the defender Bakary Koné (Lyon), midfielder and captain Charles Kabore (Krasnodar, ex-OM), Alain Traoré (Lorient) or the Aristide attackers Bancé (Finnish D1) and Jonathan Pitroipa (D1 UAE, former Rennes), elected best player of the 2013 edition.
Stallions must dispose of a group which contains the host country, Equatorial Guinea, a priori, the weakest team in the group. To complicate things, the Equatorial Guinean selection sacked Spanish coach, Andoni Goikoetxea to replace Argentine Esteban Becker there just one month. For its first participation in 2012, already at home, however, she reached the quarterfinals.
Made up of players accustomed to low readings championships (Estonia, Malta, Hong Kong, Andorra), the local selection will play the opening match against Congo Claude Le Roy. African champion in 1988 with Cameroon, French is in his eighth CAN as a coach, a record. It already has just accomplished a feat in qualifying for the finals his Red Devils at the expense of Nigeria, the defending champion.
His players, including the Prince Oniangue environments (Reims) and Delvin Ndinga (Olympiakos, former Auxerre and Monaco) will égalemetn under threat of Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund). In the absence of Cameroonian Eto'o and Ivorian Drogba, Gabon center forward could also become the main offensive trigger the CAN 2015.

• GROUP B: TUNISIA HEAD POSTER
The most formidable formation of Group B, Tunisia fate of several major failures: eliminations in the 1st round in 2010 and 2013, the quarterfinals in 2012 ... Led by defender Aymen Abdennour (Monaco) and Wahbi Khazri environment (Bordeaux) the Carthage Eagles will try to break the jinx with the Belgian coach Georges Leekens, their tenth coach since 2008.
After a faultless performance in the playoffs, Tunisians will face this month to Zambia, winner of the 2012 edition also held in Equatorial Guinea. But this time, Zambians have lost their coach Herve Renard, who joined the Ivory Coast, and their emblematic captain of the time, Christopher Katongo, voted player of the tournament three years ago but dismissed in 2015 .
As for the Democratic Republic of Congo, it will have to capitalize on the success of its two biggest clubs, the Almighty Mazembe (quad African champion in 1967, 1968, 2009, 2010 and finalist in the Club World Cup in 2010) and aS Vita Club, finalist of the African Champions League in 2014. But the Leopards do not have access to the quarterfinals since 2006.
Cape Verde appears to be the weak link in the group. Two years after his first participation in the CAN, marked by a historic qualification for the quarter-finals, the Cape Verde selecting a low profile. His only lifeline is called Ryan Mendes often substitute striker in Lille.

GROUP C: ALGERIA PLACING ON GOURCUFF
African team in the best position in the FIFA rankings (18th), Algeria is also the one who made the strongest impression during 2014 World hustling extension until Germany on his world championship course in 8th finals . Now driven by the French Christian Gourcuff (former Lorient), it has two technical leaders: Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia) and Yacine Brahimi (Porto).
But before setting a second continental title after the 1990, it will be first to get out of this Pool C which is presented as the "group of death". Indeed, Ghana has successfully integrated the semis last four Africa Cup ... no title to the key. After a disappointing World (elimination at the group stage), the team of the Ayew brothers and Captain Asamoah Gyan eyeing a fifth title of African champion.
Senegal, him, should a rematch after his last two CAN (2008 and 2012) ended in fiascos in the first round. In office since early 2013 with the Lions of Teranga, the French Alain Giresse has chosen to snub the effective center forward Demba Ba (Besiktas), renewing its confidence in Moussa Sow (Fenerbahçe) and Papiss Cissé (Newcastle ).
And South Africa? Qualified for the first time since 2008 (she was invited to act as an organizer in 2013), it has regained confidence through its probative qualifying campaign (no losses). The tragedy that hit the South African team in October - the murder of his goalkeeper and captain Senzo Meyiwa - also contributed to a form of sacred union. 

GROUP: THE ORPHAN OF IVORY COAST DROGBA
Most eyes will be on the Ivorian Elephants, still feared in the African Cup, but now orphans their legendary center-forward Didier Drogba (Chelsea), who left the team after the World Cup 2014. The environment field Yaya Toure (Manchester City), sacred for the 4th time player of the year by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will however very present.
Led by the French Hervé Renard, surprise winner with Zambia in 2012, the Ivorians will face in this particular Group D Mali, a semifinalist last two editions. That opponent coached by the Franco-Polish Henri Kasperczak can deplore the package striker Cheick Diabaté (Bordeaux), hit in the knee.
Cameroon has, he turned the years Samuel Eto'o (Everton). Quadruple champions of Africa but absent in 2012 and 2013, the Indomitable Lions have much to be forgiven after a World that turned into ridicule. Witness the humiliations against Brazil (4-1) and Croatia (4-0), let alone the head blow from Benoît Assou-Ekotto teammate Benjamin Moukandjo full game against the Croats ...
Faced with these three strongholds of African football, Guinea can not expect much. His presence in the quarterfinals would feel. The team of French Michel Dussuyer hope still provide some joy to the country hard hit by the Ebola virus. The FCA also relocated his last qualification matches in Morocco, where the National Syli also conducted its preparation.