FIFA faces the "dire reality" of running out of money in two years if its current financial predicament continues, one of the candidates for the presidential election has claimed.
Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa, the president of Asian football and a FIFA vice-president, said even FIFA's huge reserves of £1billion could be emptied if income from sponsorship and TV does not increase.
FIFA made a £67 million loss last year, the first time it has made a deficit since 2001, but still has 26 sponsorship gaps to fill.
Sheikh Salman told www.insideworldfootball.com: "FIFA's financial status has very substantially declined over the last year alone.