Former Argentine footballer, Diego Maradona wants to stand for the FIFA presidency to succeed Sepp Blatter, according to reports in South America.
The 54-year old football legend has been a fierce critic of Blatter, and has now decided to stand himself for the position to be the most powerful man in world football, the Uruguayan broadcaster and writer Victor Hugo Morales has said.
Morales tweeted: "I called Diego Maradona to check on his father [health]. He told me that he would be a candidate for president of FIFA and that I was authorised to communicate it.
"I am a candidate: those were the words that DIEGO MARADONA replied when I consulted him for the nomination for the presidency of FIFA.''