South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan will stand for re-election when his term of office comes to an end in March 2018 if the regions ask him to continue. The Safa regions will appoint new leadership on March 24 and Jordaan revealed on Tuesday that he would throw his name in the hat if he is asked to return for a second term. "If they [the Safa regions] decide that I should continue‚ I will probably agree‚" he said. "But let me not answer a question that was not asked as no one asked me to stand." The elections were originally scheduled to be held in September 2018 but more than 90% of the Safa regions recently voted in favour of hosting the elective congress earlier. Bafana Bafana’s failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup largely contributed to the decision to hold an early election and the regions felt there was no need to retain the original date if the national team was no longer going to Russia. Former Bafana Bafana and Leeds United captain Lucas R...
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