Uefa president Lennart Johansson says he will crack down on soccer's financial irregularities and match-fixing and will table harsher rules for players' agents if re-elected as head of European soccer's governing body.

In his manifesto, to be published on November 1st, the Swede reiterated his plan to work with European Union politicians, in direct conflict with Sepp Blatter, president of the game's world governing body Fifa.

The 76-year-old Johansson, who has held the post since 1990, is standing against former French international Michel Platini in the January election.

If re-elected, Johansson, pipped by Blatter for soccer's top job in 1998, said this would be his last campaign.

In the wake of the scandals to hit the game in recent years, such as allegations of transfer "bungs", financial discrepancies and match-fixing, Johansson said he would take tough measures to end what he described as "turbulent times".

"We need to achieve better financial transparency in club football and work with the relevant authorities to take even more effective action on betting, match-fixing and doping," he said in his nine-page document.

"I also want Uefa to put in place a new European-wide system of rules to regulate agents to end the abuses which have taken place in recent years."

Johansson remains on collision course with both Blatter and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over how sport should be governed in the European Union.

Uefa, under Johansson, are backing the EU-sponsored European Sports Review which recommends closer control of sport in the EU including stricter cost controls by clubs and the monitoring of agents. Fifa and the IOC do not support such a move.

On Wednesday, Blatter said soccer "needed to be extremely vigilant with regard to attempts by governments, as well as supranational government organisations, to control the most popular sport on earth".

Johansson, however, said he wanted to put in place "agreements with national governments and the EU"..

Johansson has been a strong opponent of G14, the grouping of elite European clubs including Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United, and he said he would continue to ensure balance across European football.

The election will take place during Uefa's congress in Duesseldorf, Germany, on January 25th-26th.