FIFA’s acting president Issa Hayatou
insisted he was fit to fill in for suspended Sepp Blatter despite
long-running health problems, in a statement sent to AFP on Friday.
The 69-year-old president of the
Confederation of African Football has taken temporary charge of the
sport’s world governing body as it wrestles with mounting sleaze
allegations. He took over on Thursday after Blatter was suspended for 90
days as Swiss prosecutors investigate him for criminal mismanagement.
Cameroon’s Hayatou has kidney problems that require regular dialysis.
But a statement from CAF said the
condition had not had an impact on his ability to fulfil his duties in
the past and would not hinder him as interim FIFA chief.
“I pledge that I will dedicate my best
efforts to the organisation, the member associations, our employees, our
valued partners, and football fans everywhere,” Hayatou said in the
statement. Hayatou heads FIFA’s crucial finance committee and once stood
against Blatter for the presidency, although until the recent
corruption storm, he had been a close ally.
He has headed CAF since 1988 and joined the FIFA executive in 1990.
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