Mong-joon joins race for Fifa presidency

South Korea's Chung Mong-joon has joined the race to take over from Fifa president Sepp Blatter, insisting he will be a more suitable leader than Michel Platini.

An election will be held at an Extraordinary Congress on February 26 to decide Blatter's successor after he announced earlier this year he will step down as president of football's world governing body.

Blatter's decision to step down came in the wake of a corruption probe in which 14 people, including nine Fifa officials, were indicted on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and corruption.

Uefa president Platini already announced on Wednesday that he will run for presidency and Mong-joon, a former Fifa vice president, has now also announced his candidacy, stressing the Frenchman is not the right man for the job.

"It will be very difficult for Mr Platini to have any meaningful reforms," the South Korean told BBC.

"Mr Platini enjoys institutional support from the current structure of Fifa. Mr Platini is very much a product of the current system.

"If I get elected, my job is not to enjoy the luxury of the office. My job is to change it."

The 61-year-old is an honorary president of Fifa and the former president of the South Korean football association.