Next Friday, Fifa is expected to elect a new president who isn’t keen on elections. The Bahraini royal Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa has suggested that voters agree on a single candidate before the vote, though modesty precludes him from naming a name. “If we go to election, there will be losers,” he explained. Better to “have a clear indication on who will be elected”. The sheikh sounds like a worthy successor to Sepp Blatter. He does deny complicity in the torture of Bahraini footballers, calling the allegations “nasty lies”.
近日国际足联(Fifa)将选出一位对选举反感的新主席。巴林皇室成员谢赫萨尔曼•阿勒哈利法(Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa)曾提议投票人在投票前商定一名候选人，尽管出于谦虚他不好意思说出自己的名字。“如果我们要走到选举那一步的话，就必然会有输家，”他解释说。更好的安排是“明确知道谁会当选”。这位酋长听起来像是塞普•布拉特(Sepp Blatter)的合适接班人。他否认涉及虐待巴林球员案，称这些指控是“肮脏的谎言”。
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