The veteran president of world football's governing body, FIFA, Sepp Blatter is the overwhelming favourite to win a fifth term in an election later this week.
The 79 year old former Swiss player's only challenger is Prince Bin Al Hussein of Jordan after two other candidates withdrew from the contest.
The election comes after widespread claims of corruption during Blatter's time as president.
Michael Kenny reports.
Ahead of this week's FIFA Congress in Zurich, Sepp Blatter has not actively campaigned for his re-election.
"My manifesto is the work I have done in the last years in FIFA. I am now 40 years in FIFA and I am 17 years the President of FIFA. This is my manifesto."
Five of FIFA's six continental confederations publicly expressed their support for Blatter before the World Cup in Brazil last year.
This has effectively guaranteed Blatter's reign will be extended until at least 2019 when he will be 83 years old.
However he has faced serious allegations of corruption over the voting process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, awarded to Russia and Qatar.
A United States lawyer Michael Garcia has conducted an inquiry into the corruption claims, but the findings have not been publicly released.
Sepp Blatter's only remaining rival for the top job has called for greater transparency and accountability from FIFA.
Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein says the world football body needs urgent reform.
"It is time now for a change to have a transparent FIFA to work on the sport itself, on development and I cannot see myself being a member of the executive for another four years under the present circumstances and I'm willing to take the challenge."
The 39 year old prince has been campaigning to reform FIFA since he was elected to its executive committee four years ago.
One of his most notable victories was successfully fighting to lift the ban which forbade women and girls playing organised football wearing the hijab or head scarf.
He also helped Jordan win the right to stage next year's Under-17 womens' World Cup in the heart of the Arab world.
Prince Ali says if elected President of FIFA, he would push for Michael Garcia's report into FIFA's World Cup voting to be publicly released.
"We should have nothing to hide. It's the world's most popular sport and it belongs to the world as a whole. We should restore confidence in this organisation. As much as football is loved around the world, unfortunately, the reputation is the opposite and that will be only to the benefit of the sport. So, for sure, that is the key in the future of FIFA."
Over the past week, two other presidential candidates have withdrawn their bids for the top job.
Dutch Football Association President Michael Van Praag decided to withdraw his candidacy and unite behind Prince Ali's bid to reform FIFA.
"I simply cannot accept that we leave FIFA in its current state for the next generation. The beautiful heritage of international football has been tarnished by ever-continuing accusations of corruption, bribery and nepotism and waste of money. Don't get me wrong. FIFA has accomplished great things. But a current state of disarray asks for a change in leadership."
Another candidate, former Portuguese star, Luis Figo, took a similar view.
He also opted to withdraw from the contest and throw his support behind Prince Ali's bid.
"Well I think there are a lot of things that you can improve. If you see the image of FIFA in the last years, it is being degraded. There have been a lot of protests against the organisation and against the World Cup. Some changes in the structure are needed to allow us to have much more transparency in the organisation and the main and important thing is the development of football around the world."
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