Luis Figo will dangle an $8?million carrot in front of Bermuda’s noses on Thursday as he attempts to win support for his Fifa presidential election bid.

Figo will be in Bahamas on Thursday to meet with members of the Concacaf region during their annual congress, and will unveil a plan to redistribute some $2.5?billion of Fifa’s wealth to member nations.

The money would come from Fifa revenues and equates to $8?million per member nation handed out over the course of four years at $2?million per year in contrast to the $375,000 a year Bermuda presently receives.

Larry Mussenden, the Bermuda Football Association president, will attend the congress where Figo will try and drum up support for his campaign to replace Sepp Blatter.

In the past, especially when under Jack Warner’s influence, Concacaf voted en masse for Blatter, however, after Warner stood down in the midst of bribery allegations the region’s members have been given a free hand by Jeffrey Webb, the Concacaf president.

With the United States Soccer Federation having nominated Prince Ali of Jordan in the election, Webb said that his confederation will not push their members to vote as a block.

Mussenden, who is chairman of the Fifa Appeal Committee, has not said what Bermuda plan to do, or whether the Island’s clubs will be consulted.

“The BFA Executive Council will review all submissions from candidates and then determine the way forward,” the BFA said.

Blatter is the favourite to be voted in for a fifth term in office, with Figo, Prince Ali of Jordan, and Michael van Praag, the head of the Dutch football association, also standing in the election which will be held in Zurich on May 29 at the Fifa congress.

Despite Warner’s influence at Fifa, the Concacaf region contains many countries without basic football infrastructure and facilities and Figo believes is an issue he can exploit.

“I will also allocate another $300?million to be distributed to the member associations in highest need, earmarked for the construction of specific football infrastructure projects,” he said.

“This means an additional $2?million for 150 federation over four years. From what I’ve been hearing and analysing, some of this investment will be done in the Concacaf region given the needs that several federation have there.”