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Michel Platini will stand as a candidate to be the next president of Fifa, world football's governing body.

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Michel Platini will stand for election as president of Fifa.

The Uefa president has received indications of support from four out of the six continental confederations.

Polling for the election takes place in February 2016, with Fifa president Sepp Blatter of Switzerland standing down following a corruption crisis.

Potential candidate Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein criticised the former France central midfielder, saying 'he's not good for Fifa.'.

The four confederations count 144 national associations as members and, while not all will vote for Platini, it represents a seemingly insurmountable block of support.

Asia exert a powerful influence at global football's top table and their two power brokers, Shaikh Salman and Sheikh Al-Sabah, back the 60-year-old.

Blatter has been in charge of Fifa for 17 years.

The election will be held in Zurich at an emergency congress attended by the Fifa member associations.