The top deputy to the FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Friday that he expected his career at world soccer’s governing body to end alongside his boss’s when the special election for a new leader is held in February.
Jérôme Valcke, who has been FIFA’s secretary general and Mr. Blatter’s trusted executive since 2007, has resisted calls to resign in light of allegations of corruption at the organization, but he said on Friday that he anticipated FIFA’s next president would name a new secretary general.
“If I would be the next FIFA president I would take a new general secretary, so yes, whoever becomes president should have a new general secretary because it is the most important relationship for any organization,” said Mr.