
Luis Figo wants to become FIFA president and claims he has the nominations needed to be an official candidate against Sepp Blatter. ''I look at the reputation of FIFA right now and I don't like it. ''Football has given me so much during my life, and I want to give something back to the game.'' FIFA president Blatter is the strong favorite to get a fifth presidential term in the May 29 ballot despite bribery and financial scandals which have implicated several of his executive committee colleagues. The deadline for would-be candidates to file nominations from five of FIFA's 209 member federations is 2300 GMT Thursday.
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