John Delaney calls on Sepp Blatter to quit as Irish support goes to Fifa rival

FAI boss John Delaney has called on Sepp Blatter to step aside and confirmed that the controversial 79-year-old head of Fifa will not be receiving the Irish vote in Friday’s presidential election in Zurich.

“Regardless of the good he claims to have done during his tenure, he has to recognise that Fifa has an incredibly bad brand image,” Delaney said. “We won’t be voting for him.”

Instead, the FAI will be joining the English and Scottish football associations in supporting the sole remaining rival candidate, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan.