Prince Ali: This is Fifa’s last chance to get it right

For most of his 17 years at the helm of Fifa, Sepp Blatter travelled the world to be feted like a head of state, with VIP treatment for his private jet, police escorts to whisk his limousine to the best hotel in town, and gala banquets in his honour.

Whoever is elected to succeed him as Fifa president in Zurich tomorrow will inherit a very different organisation and a very different job, where crisis management skills are more important than delivering grandiose speeches to fawning audiences.

And, far from providing a platform to dispense largesse in return for loyalty, the position should come with closer scrutiny, thanks to a set of institutional reforms set to be passed just before the next president is chosen.