UEFA executive committee member Michael van Praag leaves the UEFA executive committee meeting in Basel, Switzerland May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – - Michael van Praag, the only declared candidate so far to become the new president of UEFA, is not going to mount a lavish campaign.
The Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) will give him 50,000 euros (37,911 pounds) to finance his effort. Bert van Oostveen, the KNVB director for professional football, had a suggestion for making the money go further: "Europe is small, and easyJet fly to a lot of destinations."
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