Just four days after winning his re-election as FIFA president—and six days after a corruption crisis engulfed FIFA—Sepp Blatter is stepping down and relinquishing his post.
“FIFA needs a profound overhaul,” said Blatter in a statement on Tuesday.
But his resignation won’t be immediate as he will urge the Executive Committee to organize an Extraordinary Congress for the election of his successor as soon as possible. That will presumably be before the May 2016 FIFA Congress. Blatter will continue as president, while working on reforming FIFA, until that time.
“Since I shall not be a candidate, and am therefore now free from the constraints that elections inevitably impose, I shall be able to focus on driving far-reaching, fundamental reforms that transcend our previous efforts.”
