FIFA president Sepp Blatter has attacked UEFA, accusing his European critics of 'lacking courage'.
Blatter will be bidding for a fifth term in office at the election in May, with so far only three candidates - French former FIFA executive Jerome Champagne, Prince Ali Bin Hussein of Jordan and former Tottenham winger David Ginola - having declared their intention to stand against him.
The 78 year-old told CNN: "I have been asked by the national associations to be our candidate again because nobody that is strong was in. So I go there.
"All those who want to get rid of me should come. All this opposition is coming now, it's unfortunate to say - but it's true - it's coming from Nyon, from UEFA. They don't have the courage to come in. So let me go (on) - be respectful."
