Ex-Spurs player Vega set to run for FIFA president

"I am standing to reunite the global football family, deliver genuine and lasting reform, modernise Fifa for the 21st Century, restore stability and credibility, and rebuild the trust that our game urgently needs," he said.

Meanwhile, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, president of the Asian Football Confederation, has written to Infantino, distancing himself from an external review of FIFA's governance system."We must reunite the football family, restore trust, bring stability and modernise FIFA's governance.