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Sepp Blatter says he is open to fifth term as FIFA President

Sepp Blatter said he was in good health
Sepp Blatter said he was in good health

FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he is ready to stand for a fifth term if he receives the backing of the member associations of soccer's ruling body.

"I'm in good health and I don't see why I should now think about stopping the work," he told Swiss public radio RTS on Friday. "If the member associations ask me to be a candidate I would not say no."

Blatter has been president since 1998 and was given another four-year mandate in 2011.

Last month, Jerome Champagne, a former close advisor to Sepp Blatter, announced that he was to stand for the presidency of the world governing body.

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