“FIFA needs profound restructuring,” he said in a statement.
There will be an “extraordinary congress” of FIFA and a new president will be elected, at which time he will step down the post he has held since 1998. This will take place sometime between December of 2015 and March of 2016, FIFA says.
Blatter said he will work for reform before he steps down.
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