Figo hopes World Cup expansion plan can gain Asia support


Luis Figo attends the 39th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Vienna March 24, 2015. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

LONDON (Reuters) - FIFA presidential candidate Luis Figo will hope to convince delegates at this week's Asian Football Confederation Congress that a vote for him would boost the region's chances of more places in future World Cup finals.

Figo told Reuters before he left for Thursday's congress in the Bahrain capital of Manama that he also wanted more non-Europeans involved in working for FIFA, which should become more of a multi-cultural organisation.

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