Champagne hopes to bring football's inequality into focus


BERNE (Reuters) - FIFA presidential candidate Jerome Champagne wants to tackle the many problems that lie behind football's glittering facade and which, until now, have been rarely discussed by football's governing body.

The Frenchman, who confirmed on Monday that he will stand against Sepp Blatter in next year's presidential election, has repeatedly spoken of football's growing inequality.

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