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Aleksander Ceferin, the Uefa president since 2016, announced he will run for his fourth term at a meeting of national association chiefs in Berlin. Despite earlier statements against seeking re-election in February 2024, this decision was widely expected as part of efforts to challenge Fifa president Gianni Infantino's leadership. Ceferin plans to support a unified candidate for the upcoming Fifa presidential election but will not run himself.

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Aleksander Ceferin, president of Uefa (Union of European Football Associations), announced he will stand for a fourth term during a meeting with 55 national association chiefs in Berlin. This decision reverses his earlier statement in February 2024, when he insisted he would not seek re-election. Ceferin's move to run again is seen as more likely since Uefa began its efforts to remove Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who had proposed selling stakes in the governing body's competitions but later abandoned this plan due to widespread opposition. While Ceferin won't challenge Infantino himself, he aims to support a candidate for the upcoming Fifa presidential election scheduled for March.

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🔮 - Published Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin will stand for a fourth term as head of European football's governing body.

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🔮 If United hold on to the Londoner's registration, it would stop him moving to another English club until the end of the season.

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This has only been made more likely since Uefa launched its efforts to oust Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who scrapped the controversial plan to sell off stakes in the governing body's competitions to private investors following widespread opposition.

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🔮 - Published Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin will stand for a fourth term as head of European football's governing body.

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Ceferin to stand for fourth term as Uefa president · assertive framing

- Published Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin will stand for a fourth term as head of European football's governing body. asserted

Ceferin → publish → body

Ceferin informed delegates of his decision at a meeting of all 55 national association chiefs in Berlin. asserted

Ceferin → inform → Berlin

The move had been widely anticipated and reverses his insistence he would not seek re-election, which the Slovenian initially outlined in February 2024. asserted

Slovenian → anticipate → February

At that point Ceferin, who was initially elected in 2016, was embroiled in a row over Uefa changing its statutes to allow him to serve for a fourth term. asserted

him → elect → term

However, there had been a growing expectation the 58-year-old would stand. asserted

old → grow → ?

This has only been made more likely since Uefa launched its efforts to oust Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who scrapped the controversial plan to sell off stakes in the governing body's competitions to private investors following widespread opposition. asserted

who → make → opposition

Ceferin has ruled out standing against Infantino himself but is committed to finding a candidate the game can unite around when Fifa holds its presidential election in March. asserted

Fifa → rule → March

Ceferin to stand for fourth term as Uefa president

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