Would-Be FIFA President Says Won't Bow to Blatter

The only declared candidate for the FIFA presidency says he won't step aside if, as expected, Sepp Blatter confirms before the World Cup next month that he's seeking a fifth term.

In an interview with The Associated Press, former FIFA executive Jerome Champagne wouldn't accept that attempting to unseat Blatter, his former boss, was a lost cause.

Champagne said "an election is an election," adding that "we have seen a lot of underdogs and outsiders also sometimes winning."

He said "don't ask me to tell you now what will be the end result. I leave that to the pundits and I leave that to the journalist."

In 2011, Blatter was re-elected as the only candidate.

This time, said Champagne, "we need more than one candidate ... We need different points of views."