FIFA President Sepp Blatter has hinted at potentially reversing his decision to give up the top job in football's governing body.
Despite seemingly resigning his post in a June 2 announcement against a backdrop of corruption claims against FIFA, 79-year-old Blatter has now thrown this in to some doubt.
He has insisted to Swiss newspaper Blick (h/t Eurosport's Tom Adams) that he has not, in fact, resigned as FIFA President: "I have not resigned. Rather, I have made my mandate available at an extraordinary congress."
The inference seems to be that the Swiss could stand again in the next presidential elections, despite him expressing the contrary in June when he seemingly announced—four days after being re-elected—that he would be stepping down, per FIFA:
While I have a mandate from the membership of FIFA, I do not feel that I have a mandate from the entire world of football – the fans, the players, the clubs, the people who live, breathe and love football as much as we all do at FIFA.