FIFA investigating Jack Warner and Mohamed Bin Hammam

[Fernandinho]

But the way they presented it was so bad. The headline the anchor reported was along the lines of "Is the FFA wasting tax payers money". First thing people who don't support football are going to say is "****ing soccer". It runs through society so deap, rugby and league fans are so threatended by others that they take such a negative view on any competition. From sports to general life.

nb massive generalisation.

[Chazza]

Valcke - Email was genuine
Fifa chief refuses to deny sending email over World Cup

Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke has confirmed that an email he sent indicating the 2022 World Cup was "bought" was genuine.

Suspended Fifa vice-president Jack Warner made the email public in a scorching attack on football's world governing body on Sunday evening.

Valcke, according to Warner's statement, sent an email to him about Mohamed Bin Hammam "buying" the 2022 World Cup for his country Qatar.

Bin Hammam was then standing against Sepp Blatter for president - but he has also been banned by the ethics committee on bribery charges.

According to Warner, the email from Valcke to him stated: "For MBH, I never understood why he was running.

"If really he thought he had a chance or just being an extreme way to express how much he does not like anymore JSB [Blatter]. Or he thought you can buy FIFA as they bought the WC."

Valcke said in Zurich on Monday: "It was a private email and we will discuss it. He sent me an email asking if I want that [Bin Hammam to run], he said that I should ask Bin Hammam to pull out."

Valcke said Warner had only published selected parts of the email, and he denied claims by Warner and Bin Hammam that he had influenced the ethics committee against them.

He added: "The first time I met the chairman of the ethics committee was yesterday at 5'o'clock before we went to the press conference. I had no contact at all with anyone."

Meanwhile, Uefa president Michel Platini defended Blatter against other claims by Warner that he had made a 1million US dollar payment to the CONCACAF federation without authorisation of the finance committee.

Warner had claimed Platini was "annoyed" about this but the Uefa president said: "It's not like that, it was a joke with me and Mr Blatter.

"He can give the projects that he wants to give. I joke, I said 'but Sepp this was not accepted by the committee' - but he can give many projects to many national associations and we will confirm in the GOAL project after.

"In many Congresses for many, many years the president can give one or two projects to national associations - he has his own budget and he can give to one confederation and then it has to be approved of course by the executive committee next time."
Protest

Platini admitted there could be a repeat of the events of the 1999 FIFA Congress when the Asian members walked out in a protest over the number of World Cup places.

He added: "I don't know what will happen - there are some meetings of the confederations in the next few days, I don't know what will happen.

"In '99 Asia left, I don't know if they will do that again. I think the election will go ahead but I don't know."

Blatter said he was not worried about the threat of that happening. He said: "I have already faced that once and the Congress went on. They will be there I am sure."

**** knows how the presidential election can go on with all this playing out in the background

However the 'Teflon don' Sepp Blatter will probably push it through

Great description of him the other day on twitter, 'He is like the black box of Fifa, when everything else crashes and burns he survives in tact and unscathed'

[Shaggy]

That was an incredible press conference.

[GTi]

Unbelievable arrogance from Blatter there. He really does think he is untouchable.

[Shaggy]

He's a wretched human being.

[GTi]

Comical Ali is alive and well and running the beautiful game.

[dom9]

I just watched that in a pub on subtitles. Amazing arrogance.

[GTi]

The FA needs to pull out of FIFA.

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

[Rich]

Blatter has to go. Outrageous what's going on.

[Imy]

I doubt anything will really change, a couple of bigwigs will be martyred but in essence the same old, greedy, corrupt old farts will still run the worlds game.

[dom9]

The people on sky news reckoned that might be his last pc on his current capacity.

[Leyton388]

What do you call a government that holds an election where you can only vote for one candidate?

Oh thats right, its a dictatorship isn't it.?

The problem is FIFA is answerble to NO one. No legal challanges can be made no country in the world has any control on the them there above the law and every single country is scared to upset them like england did just before they picked the host they basiclly told england you just cut your own throat even tho the news of the world showed them taking bribes on tv what happaned nothing fifa told them so what ??? what you going to do about it ??? all you have managed to do is lose your bid bye bye.

This goes back decades it's nothing new. Ask yourself how the USA got the world Cup in 1994, hardly a great footballing nation now let alone then. The USA will probably get the World Cup again before we do.

I think further revelations will be made and more will be saying "if I'm going down I'm taking others with me" and it will turn into a house of cards.The 2022 and the2018 bids also need looking at then scrap the whole organisation and start from scratch.

I laughed when Engerlund weren't successful in their World Cup bid not just because many believed they had a devine right to win, but because of their utter disbelief at not winning.

However if it's proven Qatar was bought, then I'd 100% support the FA withdrawing from FIFA and holding their own tournament in 2022 - I'm pretty sure many other countries would prefer to play in the UK than Qatar where they have no football roots, no support, no facilities, it's far too warm to play football matches in the summer etc.

What next, Bahrain to bid for the Winter Olympics?

[BrooklynRed]

FIFA are disgusting.

[Arn]

Nothing will happen until one important Country take FIFA to court and is backed by a lot of the other important countries.

FIFA will of course throw the country out during the trial but that is what need to happen.

The question is who will be brave enough to take the first step and sue FIFA?

Now is a great opportunity. Australia should take FIFA to court over the bribery allegations. I'm sure that England would back them.

I doubt that UEFA that is a part of FIFA would throw England out if they backed Australia. They simply need the money. The CL would die if they threw out the English clubs.