The most powerful officials in world football are gathering in Switzerland for an extraordinary meeting to decide the date of the election to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA president. FIFA’s Executive Committee will meet at FIFA headquarters on Monday morning to discuss a date, and wider reform, after Blatter announced his intention to leave his position. His decision came four days after his re-election in May, and nearly a week after seven FIFA officials were charged by the United States authorities over alleged corruption.
Top executives held informal talks on Sunday inside the fivestar Baur au Lac hotel, where the cheapest room is nearly £600-a-night. English FA vice-chairman David Gill will attend the meeting, his first official role as a FIFA vice-president, after he previously refused to sit on the same committee as Blatter. Gill, who replaced Jim Boyce in May, remains hostile towards Blatter’s presidency, and the English FA demands structural reform.
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