Luis Figo criticised Sepp Blatter for not presenting an election programme, describing it as "weird".
Portugal great Figo is running for FIFA president against Michael van Praag, Prince Ali bin Ali-Hussein and Blatter in the election on May 29.
"I think it's a surprise because in all elections there's always a programme about the organisation's future and football's future," Figo told Perform.
"So it's a surprise one of the candidates have not presented a programme. It's weird.
"Maybe it's because he doesn't think about the future. I've heard in some events he only talks about the past.
"I think it's more important to look at the future and think about ways to improve, to become more efficient in what already exists and try to plan a better future."
"There are a lot of people telling me since the beginning this is a lost battle but keep believing it's possible and necessary to football's image and to the future of associations, so I'm extremely positive," he said.
"If it doesn't happen, I don't know. I've never made long-term plans to my life.
"I'll keep managing my foundation, like I do now for 10 years, and some other business linked to football because there's always positive things to do for football."
