ROB HARRIS
AP Sports Writer

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — FIFA vice president Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein says he hopes that “real candidates” — focused on policy not personality — will emerge to run world football in the future. Sepp Blatter confirmed this week that he will stand for a fifth, four-year term as FIFA president in May after saying a majority of football leaders told the 78-year-old official to continue his mission.

Prince Ali of Jordan says “it looks like Blatter will be back for the next four years. I’m looking down the line after four years to have some real candidates.”

The prince said he wants FIFA elections “not based on personality but based on a mandate.”

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