FIFA Corruption Thread

[Chazza]

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[ChesterDave]

edit. Wrong topic

[RichC]

If Blatter gets through this then the man is truly made of Teflon and seemingly above the law.

All this corruption has occurred under his watch surely he has to fall on his sword (its Blatter so not a chance in hell)

[Alex]

UEFA calling for the election to be postponed. Not exactly a shock, but it's more pressure building.

[McDermotX]

[chadrtc]

Watched the US Attorney General press conference just now. The FBI Director was also there, plus they said this is only the beginning, these guys won't turn up on TV like this without being very confident of making a big case stick. FIFA is ****ed.

Finally - this should be glorious!

[kemm1]

Watched the US Attorney General press conference just now. The FBI Director was also there, plus they said this is only the beginning, these guys won't turn up on TV like this without being very confident of making a big case stick. FIFA is ****ed.

[Liverpel]

FAI reaction

“If it it wasn’t so serious it sounds like something out of a mafia movie,” FAI boss John Delaney, speaking to RTÉ radio, said this morning.

"Nothing would surprise me at Fifa now, that’s the sad thing now."

While Uefa, the European governing body, is a “tremendous organisation” to work with, Delaney said – there has long been speculation of bribery and corruption within Fifa.

“There’s always controversy around Fifa and its decisions and its governance.
And the one person that’s always been at the head of that has been Sepp Blatter. And he has to take some responsibility at this stage."

Delaney, who said yesterday that the FAI wouldn’t be voting for him in the upcoming presidential election – reiterated that he thought Blatter should step down.

The governance of Fifa needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency, Delaney said.

"In my opinion he will win the election if takes place on Friday, but we won’t be voting for him. I don’t think we should."

However, he added that he believed the overnight events would “crystallise views” within Uefa – and that people would “take the view it’s time for a change”.

[BrooklynRed]

Brooklyn. Making it all happen. #Represent

[McDermotX]

Even if it meant the postponement of organised events for the forseeable future, the tearing down of FIFA would still be preferable.

[baitman]

money in the caymans, bodies in the concrete foundations and in shallow graves in the desert. its like goodfellas

[Kenneth]

As well as the arrests, Fifa head office in Zurich has also been raided and electronic data and documents seized.

[Kenneth]

If this isn't the prompt for tearing down the whole dirty organisation and starting again then nothing will be. And it won't be.

[Alex]

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[dom9]

Presumably they won't be able to vote on Friday, which may hinder Blatter's chances a little maybe.