Also to be 'fair' the entire focus was on activity before 1990 and soley around kick backs from merchandising deals. There was no evidence of corruption with regard to the awarding of the finals to any specific nation.
It is also true that none of the evidence was sufficiently verified or corroborated. He had a print out from excell on blank paper which may or may not have come from inside ISL and we were told that certain names actually meant one or other of the FIFA members.
Just to back up a some of my previous assertions on these boards, the trail dies in Lichtenstein although Texiera was silly enough to have allowed there to be record of his companies in Brazil recieving payments from Sanud, a Lichensteini company.
All in all a bit of a wet squib, but conversely to the media position, IMO it will force FIFA to be seen to making their award decision on justifiable grounds and will probably help the English bid.
It is also true that none of the evidence was sufficiently verified or corroborated. He had a print out from excell on blank paper which may or may not have come from inside ISL and we were told that certain names actually meant one or other of the FIFA members.
Just to back up a some of my previous assertions on these boards, the trail dies in Lichtenstein although Texiera was silly enough to have allowed there to be record of his companies in Brazil recieving payments from Sanud, a Lichensteini company.
All in all a bit of a wet squib, but conversely to the media position, IMO it will force FIFA to be seen to making their award decision on justifiable grounds and will probably help the English bid.
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