Intro:

Netherlands Football Association president Michael van Praag announces he will stand for FIFA presidency.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Van Praag, Netherlands FA president: "I'm very worried about the deteriorating situation at FIFA. The public opinion, trustworthiness, is very bad, and with me a lot of people in the world believe so."

Question: Is that why you've announced your candidacy for the FIFA presidency?

"Exactly. Because I was hoping that a credible, new, fresh face would stand up to do it, but unfortunately that is not the case. So that's why I decided to take my own responsibility, especially after what I said in Sao Paulo, and therefore I'll go for it."

Question: You've been a successful businessman. You were the prsident of Ajax, and now you're president of the Dutch FA. Why do you believe you're the right person for this job?

"Well, you see the FIFA has to be normalised, and the FIFA has to be modernised, and in my business life, but also in Ajax, also in my (Dutch football) association, I went through this exercise many times, so I have a lot of experience in that aspect. So I believe that I'm the right person to do it."