Panaji: Praful Patel is on the verge of being elected as vice president of Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) president is up against Pakistan’s football chief Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat at the AFC elections to be held in Bahrain on Thursday. There are five vice president slots on offer, one for each zone. But while Winston Lee Boon Aun (Singapore; Asean), Zhang Jilong (China; East), Ali Kafashian Naeini (Iran; Central) and Saoud A. Aziz M A Al Mohannadi (Qatar; West), have all been elected unopposed, Patel has been left with the prospect of facing an election.
Makhdoom is also contesting for the post of an executive committee member.
“In all certainties, the Pakistan football chief will opt out of the fray on the morning of the election. But even if, in the unlikely eventuality, Makhdoom insists on a contest, Patel has nothing to worry. He enjoys the confidence of AFC president and has many backers,” said a source who is currently in Bahrain.
Incumbent AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has been elected unopposed for a second term and is understood to have thrown his weight behind the AIFF president.
India, incidentally, will host the AFC Awards this year in Delhi in a reflection of the “good terms” that the country enjoys with the confederation.
The AFC Congress is the AFC’s highest decision-making body, with all its member associations represented at its biannual meetings.
Patel has been an executive committee member of the AFC in the past.
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