Salman would offer senior FIFA post to England's Scudamore


FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa attends an interview with Reuters in Panama City, Panama, January 8, 2016. REUTERS/Rafael Ibarra

LONDON (Reuters) - The Bahraini sheikh bidding to become FIFA president next month says he would like Richard Scudamore, chief executive of the Premier League, to be his secretary general if he wins the election.

Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and a front-runner in the FIFA election, also said he wants former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson to join a board of advisers that he would set up.

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