Sergey Fursenko will serve as the RFU's president
through 2014 / Photo championat.ru
In rather anticlimactic fashion, Sergey Fursenko was elected
as the new president of the Russian Football Union on Wednesday.
The former Zenit St. Petersburg president was expected to succeed Vitaly
Mutko ever since the Sports Minister resigned from his presidential post
in November.
Once Fursenko's only formidable opponent, Sergei Kapkov-close friend of
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich-withdrew his name from contention, the
election was a mere formality.
The final tally revealed that Fursenko received 95 of a possible 109 delegate
votes.
Fursenko's first decision in his new post will be deciding the fate of
Russia national coach Guus Hiddink. Fursenko told reporters today that
Hiddink "is arriving this afternoon in Moskva and we intend to meet
tomorrow and we'll talk over all the details."
