Saturday 27 February 2016 12:39, UK
FIFA's newly-elected president Gianni Infantino says one of his immediate ambitions is for the organisation to 'regain its respect' within the world of football.
The 45-year-old Swiss lawyer became the ninth leader of football's world governing body on Friday when he was voted in as Sepp Blatter's successor in Zurich.
Blatter had been president since 1998, culminating in a difficult few years for FIFA amid allegations of bribery and corruption which led to a number of top officials being arrested.
However, a new dawn for FIFA is now beckoning and Infantino wants to right the wrongs of recent years.
Looking ahead, he said: "We're going to win back this respect through hard work, commitment and we're going to make sure we can finally focus on this wonderful game that is football.
FIFA has gone through sad times, moments of crisis, but those times are over.
"We'll restore the image of FIFA and make sure everyone will be happy.
"To the stakeholders, national associations, leagues, clubs, players and to the fans, I want to say to all of you, you will be proud of FIFA, you will be proud of what FIFA will do for football.
"FIFA has gone through sad times, moments of crisis, but those times are over.
"We have to build bridges, not to build walls. Football can certainly do that. I want to focus on football.
"The election has taken place. I've been elected, now we turn the page, we start to work, we work together and I show the whole world I'm not a candidate of Europe or wherever. I'm a candidate of football and football is universal.
"This is what we'll start to do now in FIFA: to work with everyone for the development of football and not to do politics, to speak about divisions, to speak about barriers."
