Jordan’s Prince Ali bin Al Hussein couldn’t have asked for a better present two days before he faces off with Sepp Blatter in Friday’s election for president of FIFA.

On Wednesday, seven FIFA officials, including Vice President Jeffery Webb, were arrested in a Zurich raid connected to a United States’ indictment charging 14 people with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering.

While Blatter, who has led FIFA since 1998, is not implicated in the U.S. investigation so far, the scandal reinforces longstanding charges that he has allowed a culture of corruption to rule at FIFA.

Then, just hours later, Swiss prosecutors announced that they had opened an official investigation into the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar – this just six months after an internal FIFA probe found no evidence of bribery or corruption in the awarding of the games. Blatter has been insistent that the Qatar games will go on – potentially putting his personal credibility at stake in the process.

"[Blatter] has promised that no matter what, that Qatar [award] will not be withdrawn," James Dorsey, senior fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, told CNBC. "Any revisiting of the (Qatari) bid would have to be driven by the legal implications with what's going on in the U.S.”

But with FIFA’s 209 member federations set to vote Friday, does Ali have enough time to sway the voters and unseat the man who has become synonymous with FIFA over the last two decades?

The prince’s campaign has focused on corruption, so this latest scandal plays right into his hands.

When he launched his campaign manifesto last month, he took pointed swipes at Blatter – accusing him of using FIFA as his own personal fiefdom and riding the coattails of football rather than driving its success.

"National associations have to feel that it's not a matter of an executive president going and supporting national associations on an ad hoc basis, but that they have their rights, they own this association and that they should get the support they need across the board in a case-by-case fashion," the prince said.

Ali was quick to take advantage of the newest scandal, tying the corruption charges back to the wider culture of leadership at FIFA under Blatter.

"FIFA needs leadership that governs, guides and protects our national associations,”Ali tweeted. "Leadership that accepts responsibility for its actions and does not pass blame.”

Will this be enough to turn Ali’s long-shot bid around? Bettors don’t seem to think so, with British bookmaker William Hill still offering odds for Blatter’s re-election at 1-to-16, though it had dropped slightly from 1-to-20.

Ali’s allies in the UEFA also seem less than optimistic, calling for the election to be postponed for six months, something they’d be unlikely to do if they thought Ali could turn the tide Friday.

But Ali's window to take over football's top spot definitely just opened a bit wider.