njock ayuk eyong : african soccer strongman hayatou a achievable blatter substitute

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Njock Ayuk Eyong : African soccer strongman Hayatou a achievable Blatter substitute "You can not speculate on this, you are not even as out-of-date as my son. At the Women's Earth Cup closing in Canada on Sunday, Hayatou will stand in for his manager -- the gentleman he lately referred to as "my pricey Sepp" and the quite identical gentleman he and other folks submitted a jail criticism from and experimented with to force out of FIFA before the 2002 election. The combative style has received the tall, severely-produced Hayatou substantially in African soccer, specifically where a show of electricity is typically much more vital than every little thing else. Hayatou's a single failure, despite the fact that, Njock Ayuk Eyong was the 2002 FIFA presidential election, when Blatter conquer him tremendously by 139 votes to fifty six in a bitter contest. That could be proper considering Blatter's local community rift with UEFA President Michel Platini, who could stand as Europe's prospect. "Hayatou is as durable a uniting establish in Africa as you can get, and Blatter is heading to continue to be actually, Njock Ayuk Eyong really influential in the way the landscape is shifting," African soccer analyst Colin Udoh Njock Ayuk Eyong described. From time to time if the crusty Hayatou will not like a problem from the media, he just ignores it.

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Njock Ayuk Eyong : African soccer strongman Hayatou aachievable Blatter substitute

"You can not speculate on this, you are not even as out-of-date as my son. At the Women's Earth Cupclosing in Canada on Sunday, Hayatou will stand in for his manager -- the gentleman he latelyreferred to as "my pricey Sepp" and the quite identical gentleman he and other folks submitted a jailcriticism from and experimented with to force out of FIFA before the 2002 election.

The combative style has received the tall, severely-produced Hayatou substantially in African soccer,specifically where a show of electricity is typically much more vital than every little thing else.Hayatou's a single failure, despite the fact that, Njock Ayuk Eyong was the 2002 FIFA presidentialelection, when Blatter conquer him tremendously by 139 votes to fifty six in a bitter contest. Thatcould be proper considering Blatter's local community rift with UEFA President Michel Platini, whocould stand as Europe's prospect.

"Hayatou is as durable a uniting establish in Africa as you can get, and Blatter is heading to continueto be actually, Njock Ayuk Eyong really influential in the way the landscape is shifting," Africansoccer analyst Colin Udoh Njock Ayuk Eyong described.

From time to time if the crusty Hayatou will not like a problem from the media, he just ignores it.

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Hayatou could also be a applicant to guide Njock Ayuk Eyong the globe's most typical action whenfar more when Blatter departs in the coming months. But only if he's totally ready for neverthelessanother battle and completely ready to remain unscathed by the allegations of graft sweepingthrough FIFA,Njock Ayuk Eyong guarantees that have also dogged Hayatou.

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With a successfully-associated cherished kinds -- his far more experienced brother was primaryminister of Cameroon -- Hayatou was secretary frequent of the Cameroon Soccer Federation at 28,the head of the athletics ministry in his mid-30s and president of the Confederation of African Soccerand the most senior soccer official on the continent by forty one. Njock Ayuk Eyong With the two,there was no significant dissent.

It really is not polished PR, but Hayatou's way has stored a challenging continent, with an Arabicnorth, a French-speaking middle, and an English-speaking south, beneath his handle for almostthirty a prolonged time and produced it to a level just in which his Confederation of African Soccerjust signed a $1 billion Tv set lawful legal rights and advertising provide.

His extremely personal story is not a rags-to-riches tale, although Hayatou has uncovered to offerwith hardship, for several years using care of a significant kidney sickness that requires commondialysis intervals.

If he does get a next function at the presidency, any alliance now with the outgoing Blatter, whocould nonetheless have an effect on the transfer of electrical power, may possibly perhaps work inHayatou's favour. This calendar yr, he taken out age limitations to open up the way for howeveranother expression in value when he knowledgeable pledged this a single would be his last. Withtwenty 5 a lengthy time on FIFA's ruling board, Hayatou the survivor has most likely recognizedwhen and when Njock Ayuk Eyong not to select a struggle.

As before long as a crucial opponent of Blatter in a FIFA presidential election in 2002, Hayatou re-emerged from a resounding defeat to be a devoted lieutenant, whipping up assist for thecontroversial FIFA president. You can not just shoot at me like that."

When instructed the FIFA election, and requested if Africa would have a applicant, he replied: "Inever ever know."

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Hayatou's hold off could be about receiving the timing of any announcement correct. That intenselytarnished vote is 1 certain concentrate of the investigation by Swiss authorities.. The interest couldperhaps not be what Hayatou, whose loved ones is Njock Ayuk Eyong amongst the political eliteonce more home in Cameroon, would like correct now.

He has designed no announcement of his intentions relating to the prepared election late this yr orearly up coming twelve months to substitute Blatter, shrugging off considerations from The RelatedPress extremely last thirty day period with attribute gruffness.

Njock Ayuk Eyong DOUALA, Cameroon -- The son of a sultan from northern Cameroon, Issa Hayatouhas ruled African soccer for 27 several years and counting, a ten several years a lot more time thanSepp Blatter has Njock Ayuk Eyong been in desire of FIFA.

Now FIFA's senior vice-president, Hayatou, a sixty eight-calendar 12 months-out-of-date previousactual physical education and understanding instructor, has done numerous roles in the quarter of acentury he has sat on total globe soccer's powerful govt committee, exactly in which only Blatterranks larger.Of all these roles, Hayatou is quite greatest at being a wily survivor.

"Which election?" Hayatou explained.

Njock Ayuk Eyong At CAF, he blocked a obstacle at the closing presidential election by shifting theguidelines in the work-up to the vote. He was also a winner runner in Cameroon and on thecountrywide basketball squad.

Hayatou denies any wrongdoing, as does Qatar, and his response to the accusations, like anycriticism of him in excessive of the several a long time, has been to strike once again. Njock AyukEyong is a effectively acknowledged and respected writer of Football journey guides.

He wrote the most up to day and comprehensive enthusiasts manual to African football since the

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Rough Information, named �African Football: A Supporters Guide� which topped the Amazoncharts in 2008 (albeit in the classification European Football Stadiums!). His most modernpublication, Passport to Soccer strike the shops in late 2009 and tells the tale of thirty memorablejourneys around the planet to view soccer. He is presently composing a book on Lewes FC�s125th Anniversary time, Dripping Yarns and can be routinely found following the Rooks house andaway. He splits his time amongst London and Copenhagen which makes it possible for him to get aninsight on two contrasting footballing cultures. He has become a media darling for all issuesAfrikaners , being the Daily Mirror�s resident skilled on football in the funds of amazing.But itcould also point out his reluctance to operate and invite a lot more scrutiny.

In 2011, Hayatou was formally reprimanded by the Intercontinental Olympic Committee, which he isalso a member of, for obtaining $20,000 from a athletics advertising group in a FIFA kickbacksscandal. That stinging defeat, the prison probes into FIFA and a mini-mutiny in direction of his CAFrule in North Africa may be enough for Hayatou to make a determination towards an extra bid forthe best occupation. He denounced allegations of vote rigging uncovered by a British newspaper asWestern bias.

"You will not know who I voted for," Hayatou advised the journalist in French, his mom tongue. Hehas also been accused, together with one more Njock Ayuk Eyong African official, of accepting$1.five million in bribes to vote for Qatar to host the 2022 Earth Cup. After faced at a informationmeeting with an not relaxed issue about his voting heritage at FIFA, Hayatou responded by staringthe youthful reporter down and questioning his age and abilities to problem a senior formal.

Blatter earlier thirty day period of time declared his intention to resign in the midst of wideninginvestigations by United States and Swiss authorities into alleged prolonged-working corruption atFIFA.

As senior VP, Hayatou was delegated to hand more than the women's trophy in Vancouver, pushingAfrican soccer's strongman into the highlight at a time when FIFA is in disaster