Issa Hayatou , president of African football , said they will support Sepp Blatter in his bid to for fifth term as FIFA president . All 54 African FIFA officials have pledged to support him in the election . Luis Figo , Prince Ali ##m al - Hussein and Michael van Pragg have pledged to stand against the 79-year - old and become the new president .
Issa Hayatou , president of African football , said they will support Sepp Blatter in his bid to for fifth term as FIFA president . All 54 African FIFA members have agreed to back Blatter in the election . Luis Figo , Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein and Michael van Pragg have chosen to stand against the 79-year-old and become the new president .