UEFA details qualities of candidate it wants to challenge Infantino and reform FIFA

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UEFA is seeking a candidate to challenge Gianni Infantino for the FIFA presidency, describing its preferred leader as a respected, unifying figure with deep football roots. The proposal emerged from a meeting of UEFA’s 55 member federations as the body develops a strategy ahead of the election.

BERLIN (AP) — European soccer body UEFA has detailed the kind of president it wants to replace Gianni Infantino running FIFA — “a respected and unifying figure, deeply rooted in football.”A candidate that “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 Nov.