Arsene Wenger won’t take on Infantino for FIFA presidency

Arsenal legendary manager Arsene Wenger will not stand against Gianni Infantino for the FIFA Presidency next year.

Recently, reports came out of England claiming that the European continental union, Uefa, has named Arsène Wenger as the top candidate to challenge Gianni Infantino in next year’s FIFA presidential election.

Now L’Équipe reported that it is unlikely that former manager Wenger will want to run in the election.

According to the newspaper, Wenger has indeed considered running, but the Frenchman is allegedly worried that the presidency is too far from the football pitch itself, which Wenger sees as his area of ​​expertise.

The 77-year-old Frenchman is currently the head of global football development at FIFA. Wenger has a history as a long-time manager at Arsenal.

According to L’Équipe, Uefa need to find another candidate to challenge Gianni Infantino at short notice.

A candidacy must be registered by Wednesday, November 18 of this year for the presidential election, which will take place on March 18 of next year.

Kozo Tashima, the current chairman of the Japanese Football Association, has previously announced that he intends to run in the election.

Both the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the African Football Confederation (CAF) have announced that they support the re-election of Gianni Infantino as FIFA president.

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