Soccer has ever been a European dominated sport hence almost every top position at world governing body is bound to be occupied by a European administrator. Sometimes it happened spontaneously while most of the times it was done intentionally backed by the European powerhouses who do not want any non-European to rule world’s most popular game of sport. If you look at the FIFA presidents and how many of them have until been belonged to other regions, you would have to scratch your head to find one and even if you are lucky to recall one name that too would have been decades old. But this time it seems to be happening after recent crackdown by the Swiss investigators over top FIFA officials on corruption charges. It has been one week passed by when Sepp Blatter, probably the longest running chief of FIFA, had to leave his post amid severe pressure after his name was dragged into the favor given to Qatar and Russia while choosing the 2018 and 2022 world cup hosts. But after his ousted from supreme soccer body, doors were opened, for the first time, to everyone who think he can lead the world soccer effectively and here comes the name of South Korean powerbroker Chung Mong-joon who is exploring the opportunity to the height.
According to Joon, he can bring fresh air in the governing body after prolonged dominance of a European mentor while on the other side there are many who are as well criticizing his blame game ahead of a presidential election. Chung, a former FIFA vice president who has served the governing body for 17 long years, found into the headlines after he openly lambasted the decision to let Blatter remain on the post until Feb. 26 election takes place. Talking about the Swiss administrator, 63-year-old said, “Blatter has been doing whatever he wants with FIFA for 40 years since his days as general secretary, and while he said he’s going out, it doesn’t seem he really is. Letting Blatter manage FIFA and design reform plans before the February vote is comedy.”
Adding if he is serious to contest the presidential elections next year, he said, “I am positively considering running for the presidency and will be able to reveal my decision soon. There is no such thing as an easy election (reacting over his chances to win the election). I have tried several times to become FIFA president, experienced parliamentary elections and also tried to become South Korean president, so you could trust me on that.”