Soccer boss tipped to land CONCACAF President’s position

Cayman Islands football supremo Jeff Webb has emerged as favourite to take over from controversial former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner.

Webb, current President of CIFA, is being lined up as the next President of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).

Reports suggest Webb is the man the majority of CONCACAF members want to step into Warner’s shoes when elections are held in late spring.

Warner, a close colleague of Sepp Blatter, resigned from FIFA over the cash-for-votes scandal.

As well as running Cayman Islands football, Webb is also chairman of the nine-man Normalisation Committee charged with restoring the Caribbean’s reputation and a member of one of the four task forces created to reform FIFA.

Webb told insideworldfootball.com he would certainly be interested in the job of bringing some transparency back to CONCACAF which has been riven with divisions.

“Right now we are trying to stabilise Caribbean football because we’ve lost sight of our core focus which is football,” said Webb.

“We’ll have new statutes in March ahead of full elections in May.

“But CONCACAF needs an overhaul as well and I do think I would have a contribution to make.”

Asked to elaborate, he said CONCACAF – which covers north and central America and the Caribbean – needed to distribute its funding more equitably.

“Just like the CFU it needs restructuring,” Webb explained.

“I would like to see it assisting its members and sharing some of its revenues.

“I’d like to see more of that money helping some of the grassroots programmes in smaller countries, both in the Caribbean and central America.”

When Warner resigned from FIFA over the cash-for-votes scandal, Webb said he was “deeply saddened” but said it was now time to stop all the bickering.