Speaking at the UEFA congress in Vienna today, Blatter passed another opportunity to present his plans for a possible fifth term as FIFA president.

Read the speeches held by Bonita Mersiades and Harold Mayne-Nicholls at last week’s summit calling for reform in FIFA. The Brussels summit also sparked yet another campaign: the official non-sponsorship of FIFA.

Real Madrid, Atletico de Madrid, Valencia CF and Rayo Vallecano are under investigation for signing ‘illegal’ minors.

At a summit held in the European Parliament, a coalition of FIFA critics and presidential aspirants argued that an independently overseen ’FIFA Reform Committee’ must be established.

FIFA critics gather at a summit to discuss how to achieve change in the international football body. The summit is organised by ‘New FIFA Now’; a campaign initiated by UK MP Damian Collins.

Children down to the age of 10 will be required to have an international transfer certificate in the future. The International Federation of Professional Footballers, FIFPro, doubts that this will close the loopholes for the trade of minors in international top football.

FIFA vice president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein’s announcement that he will challenge the world soccer body’s four-time president Sepp Blatter in elections later this year has definitively turned the poll into a battle for the group’s future. A vote for the prince is at least a vote against the FIFA president embattled as a result of multiple corruption scandals and more likely a vote for change.

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan has announced that he intends to stand against Sepp Blatter as FIFA president at the elections this May.