Renaud Semerdjian, requested the postponement of Friday's election if Prince Ali's concerns were not addressed, but the FUT Coins intervention of CAS makes that scenario highly unlikely.And now it will be down to the tribunal body to rule on the case.Prince Ali is standing for election alongside
Sheik Salman bin Ibrahim al Khalifa of Bahrain, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino, South Africa's Tokyo Sexwale and Jerome Champagne, a former FIFA deputy secretary general from France.Sheik Salman, the Asian Football Confederation president, and
Infantino are considered the favourites to succeed Blatter, who first became FIFA president in 1998.Salman spent Tuesday night denying any wrongdoing relating to his election as Asian Football Confederation president in 2013, with Conservative MP Damian Collins having raised questions about it.
Prince Ali had already planned to test FIFA's resistance to transparent voting booths by having some sent to Switzerland ahead of Friday's vote at Buy FIFA Coins Hallenstadion, Zurich. Prince Ali had called for a postponement of the election if his concerns were not answered in time.