UEFA details FIFA presidential candidate criteria in bid to oust Infantino

European football’s governing body UEFA has detailed the kind of president it wants to replace Gianni Infantino with to run FIFA – “a respected and unifying figure, deeply rooted in football”. A candidate who “represents FIFA globally and provides leadership without exercising management functions,” UEFA said on Thursday, after a meeting of its 55 member federations that shaped a strategy to find an opponent for Infantino before a November 18 deadline. Exactly who that candidate could be was not discussed on Thursday, though it will not be UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin – and potentially not be European – in the search for global votes among the 211 FIFA-member federations.