Jérôme Champagne set to challenge Sepp Blatter and run for the Fifa presidency

Tomorrow in central London the first shots will be fired in what could prove a momentous battle to decide who runs world football when a former French diplomat will announce his intention to run for the Fifa presidency next year.

In firing the gun, Jérôme Champagne is aware he may be taking on his old master, Sepp Blatter, when the voting in the election is cast.