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FIFA scandal deepens

Jul 12, 2015 13:29
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FIFA scandal deepens


The FIFA scandal just deepens, as the federation's president, Sepp Blatter has made new claims saying French and German presidents applied political pressure before the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were awarded to Russia and Qatar respectively.


Blatter has suggested that the German football federation received a recommendation from Wulff “to vote for Qatar out of economic interests”.

The Fifa president insists he acts on the leadership principal saying he has no choice but to accept if a majority of the executive committee wants a World Cup in Qatar or any other country.

Blatter, 79, said: "That is the reason why we now have a World Cup in Qatar."


The voting process is now under investigation by the Swiss prosecutors.

He added: "Those who decided this should also take the responsibility."

Last month, he announced his intention to resign just four days after he was re-elected for a fifth four term.


However, he remains defiant despite the scandal engulfing world soccer's governing body.


Blatter has been quoted in an international Sunday newspaper saying there were two political interventions from former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German counterpart Christian Wulff before the hosts were announced in December 2010.


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