Prince Ali bin al-Hussein is still considering whether to run again for FIFA president, less than four months after losing to Sepp Blatter in the previous election.The Jordanian prince surprisingly denied Blatter a majority in the first round of voting in May but stepped aside before the second round. Blatter, though, announced his plans to quit four days later as separate U.S. and Swiss criminal inquiries into soccer corruption escalated.The deadline for Prince Ali and other candidates to gain the five required nominations from federations to stand in the February election is Oct. 26. "I am talking to national associations and listening to their opinions," the prince told the SoccerEx conference in Manchester yesterday. "Right now we need a candidate who is forward thinking, with new ideas who is not tainted by the past ... if the election is done correctly, cleanly and properly, I believe I can win." The former FIFA vice president said favorite Michel Platini is the wrong person for the job, given that the UEFA president helped Blatter first get elected in 1998. The prince is turning on Platini despite the former France great being his key supporter before the May election.Fourteen officials have been indicted by U.S. authorities as part of a wide-ranging investigation into bribery and financial wrongdoing, including some of Prince Ali's former FIFA executive committee colleagues.