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The Dutch candidate for the Fifa presidency Michael Van Praag said on Monday he doesn't plan to join forces with the other two candidates running against Sepp Blatter, but that he also cannot rule out a change of strategy before the May 29 vote.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Van Praag, chairman of the Royal Dutch Football Association:

"It's too early to say that, we are all three different candidates trying to compete Mr Blatter and I only focus on what I am doing myself, I only focus on my own plan and the people I want to meet. I'm almost sure that later in this process, somewhere in May, maybe Prince Ali and Figo and myself will sit together and talk, and maybe keep it as it is and maybe we don't, but that has to do with the developments in the coming months, I can't tell you now.

"I believe that, whatever you think of the summer or the winter, I believe that the Qataris are very well capable of organising such a tournament. And as a matter of fact, the fact that the stadiums are so close together, that is exactly what Holland and Belgium used as one of their U.S.P's, when we also tried to get the world championship. So, you're talking about heritage, and whether people like it or not, Qatar has been chosen in a very democratic way, and yes there are all kinds of suspicions, but they have not been proven, as we speak."