No stranger to controvery himself, the former Argentinian football great Diego Maradona will stand for the presidency of scandal-tainted FIFA, says a Uruguayan journalist who presents a television show with Maradona.
"'I am candidate' are the words that Diego Maradona used when I asked him about the candidacy for the FIFA presidency," journalist Victor Hugo Morales said on Twitter.
Maradona is a strong critic of FIFA under current president Sepp Blatter, who announced last month that he would step down.
Diego Maradona reportedly wants to become FIFA president. Photo: Photosport
Former Brazilian star Zico and Liberian football federation president Musa Bility have already declared themselves candidates.
The special FIFA congress will not be held before December.