ZURICH: The high-profile person who will head up the task force established to finetune crucial reforms of football’s scandal-hit world governing body FIFA will be named very soon a source close to the organization’s leadership said.

However, any changes put to September’s meeting of the FIFA executive committee could, according to senior sources, face stiff opposition despite the calls from major sponsors for there to be serious reforms following the US authorities charging 14 people, including three former FIFA vice-presidents, of taking or giving millions of dollars of bribes in return for football marketing and television contracts.

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