"World football will be always be grateful to him for all he has achieved for the beautiful game," UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said in a statement. The Swedish FA said Swedish football was in mourning. "It was not a given that UEFA would be successful in meeting all these dramatic changes," the Swedish FA said. The Swedish FA quoted Johansson as saying: "It is my 20-year fight with Blatter that people like." In 2007, Johansson stepped down as UEFA president after being beaten in an election by former France international Michel Platini.

Source: The Star June 05, 2019 07:50 UTC