“I am the Mayor and I want to have football under control. Football is one of my house’s rooms. Football is the only island we do not have under control”. These are some of the declarations made by Tirana’s Mayor Erion Veliaj in a meeting with representatives of Tirana Regional Football Association on Sunday. The recorded audio with Veliaj’s bullish declaration were made public by the Albanian Football Association which has accused Veliaj of political interference in the FA president election of March 2. Tirana Regional Football Association has six votes in the Albanian FA General Assembly that will elect the FA president. Veliaj has expressed openly his opposition to the candidacy of incumbent president Armand Duka, head of FA since 2002 and a member of UEFA’s Executive Committee.