Football “super agent” Mino Raiola has announced his intention to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency this year.

Raiola, who represents some of the biggest names in the game from Mario Balotelli to Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba, told the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant on Friday that something must be done to prevent Blatter from being re-elected.

His idea is to stand for election himself, and he does not lack the funds to finance an election campaign.

“It makes me deeply sick just to think about Blatter being re-elected,” Raiola said. “Do you want a dictator as president of FIFA or a democracy? Even a 15-year-old kid knows that the only good thing about FIFA is the video game. They need more transparency.

“FIFA should be for the fans, the professional and amateur footballers, but they don’t do anything for these groups.”