Goal readers vote Figo for Fifa president

The former Portugal icon bagged more than half of the vote, while Goal's very own Carlo Garganese has proven more popular than Sepp Blatter

Luis Figo has been voted overwhelmingly as the man who deserves to be the next Fifa president by Goalreaders, with current incumbent Sepp Blatter slumping to fourth in the poll.

Former Barcelona and Real Madrid midfielder Figo was the first candidate to announce ahead of Thursday's midnight deadline that he had secured the five FA nominations needed to legitimately contest the position.

And, with 56.6 per cent of the vote, Figo also appears to have a groundswell of support from everyday football fans.

His nearest contender in our poll was Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein, a member of the royal family in Jordan, whom 16.1% of readers believe is a viable candidate to fix up the world football governing body, which has been rocked by scandals over the past two years.

Amusingly, the third-most popular contender is Goal's very own Carlo Garganese, who outlined his 10-point plan to save Fifa earlier this week, which went down a treat with supporters of the beautiful game.

Slumped down in fourth is current president Blatter, whose popularity is at an all-time low. The Swiss has been in charge of the organisation since 1998 and, despite saying in the past he would not contest the job again, he has gone against his word.

Two football figures with just over 4% of the vote apiece are bookmaker-backed David Ginola, whose campaign has looked destined for attention-seeking failure from the start, and former Ajax chairman and current Dutch FA chief Michael van Praag.

At the bottom of the pile is Jerome Champagne who, despite being the first person to announce he would contest Blatter for the Fifa reins, is clearly floundering in the popularity stakes and claimed recently he was struggling to get the five required FA nominations.