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Sepp Blatter will take to the stage at next week’s pre-World Cup gathering of Fifa members in Sao Paulo and declare his readiness to stand for re-election for a fifth presidential term if that is their will.
According to Fifa insiders, his call will be taken up by a coterie of senior members who will take to the rostrum to implore the 78-year-old president to stand again – at which point Mr Blatter will officially announce he is a candidate.
There are plenty inside football who believe revelations about secret payments allegedly to help Qatar win the 2022 World Cup may force a revote of the bidding process.
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