FIFA Corruption Thread

[Chazza]

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[Alex]

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**** me, didnt realise it was quite that many at the top.

[RichC]

Obviously had no idea what they were up to and impossible to keep an eye on them then

[Lecter]

Obviously had no idea what they were up to and impossible to keep an eye on them then

I always find it difficult to concentrate on other thing when I am counting money

[Lecter]

@OliverKayTimes

Blatter addressing Fifa congress in Zurich: "Where does Fifa stand in the world? It's the fight against corruption"

[Vermilion]

Starting to believe this man is totally delusional, ill.

[Roboklopp]

He is an unbelievably brazen cunt.

[baitman]

mugabe-esque

[Lecter]

Fifa presidential election: Sepp Blatter questions timing of corruption arrests and claims 'You can't just ask people to behave ethically'

Fifa president believes the timing of the arrests in Zurich were meant to have an impact on today's Fifa presidential election
JACK DE MENEZES Author Biography Friday 29 May 2015



Sepp Blatter has questioned the timing of Wednesday's arrests of current and former Fifa members and suggested that they were carried out in order to influence the presidential vote.

Blatter is bidding for a fifth term as Fifa president today as he goes up against Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, with the pair the only two candidates running for the presidency. However, Fifa has been rocked by the corruption charges brought against 14 Fifa members past and present that led to the arrests as part of a dual corruption investigation led by the United States’ FBI and Swiss prosecutors.

Both Mr Blatter and Prince Ali had the chance to address congress on Friday morning before the 209 Fifa Member Associates go to election, and Mr Blatter launched an astonishing and at times desperate defence of his leadership in a bid to sway voters in his favour.

The Fifa bigwigs facing charges

Addressing Wednesday’s raids in Zurich that saw seven Fifa members – including vice-president Jeffrey Webb – arrested and facing extradition to the US, Mr Blatter said: "I won't say it's a coincidence, but I do have a small question mark.

"You can't just ask people to behave ethically just like that."


Blatter also questioned whether the investigation into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were awarded to Russia and Qatar respectively would have happened had other countries won the bidding process.

"If two other countries had emerged from the envelope I think we would not have had these problems,” Mr Blatter added. "But we can't go back in time, we're not prophets, we can't say what would have happened.

"The events of this week unleashed a storm,” Mr Blatter said in his opening statement.

"It was even questioned whether this Congress would go ahead but I am appealing for unity and team spirit to tackle the problems that have been created and to solve them.

"It will not be done in a single day, it will take some time.

"The important point today is to move ahead - and the important point is transparency. We have a problem to solve."

Blatter addresses the Fifa Congress in Zurich on Friday Blatter addresses the Fifa Congress in Zurich on Friday The meeting was temporarily disrupted by two protesters who managed to gain access to the main room and unfurled a Palestinian flag, before Mr Blatter called for "security" and they were removed. Before the Congress meeting, the Palestinian Football Association had called for Israel to be removed from Fifa.

As he acknowledged in his opening ceremony speech on Thursday, Mr Blatter accepted that there could be further troubles for Fifa in the coming months, but insisted that he is the man to lead the world governing body through the mire and regain the trust of football fans and Associations worldwide.

"We are going through troubled times. Events have thrown a shadow across Fifa. Let's try to lift that shadow. Let's try to lift our spirits"

"We can't let the reputation of Fifa be dragged through the mud. We have reached a turning point."

"These are individuals, they are not the entire organisation."

"We need to pull together and move forward. We cannot supervise everyone in football - that's more than 300 million people."

Prince Ali bin al-Hussein and Michel Platini during Sepp Blatter's Fifa Congress address Prince Ali bin al-Hussein and Michel Platini during Sepp Blatter's Fifa Congress address He ended with a plea to “stop the boat rocking”, which was greeted with applause from the Congress members in attendance.

"Help us put Fifa back on right track, where the boat will stop rocking and go placidly into the port."

[5europeancups]

Blatter is a crook, and has built up the cuurent empire over the last few years.
Hes 79 years old and probably doesnt give a f*** what anyone thinks.



What gets me is that Platini head of UEFA voted for QATAR to host the world cup in 2022...

He says that he is good friends with Blatter, but you know why would that be?

He's either incredibly stupid or he is also corrupt and worse than that a hypocrite.

[EwarWoo]

What gets me is that Platini head of UEFA voted for QATAR to host the world cup in 2022...

Because France got 14b worth of deals with Qatar and their trade minister requested he vote for them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3055550/Qatar-paid-17-17billion-host-2022-World-Cup-finals-new-research-shows-money-went.html

WHERE ALL THE MONEY WENT...
Voter: Michel Platini (France) - £14.72bn
Spent on: Orders for airliners from France-based Airbus; buying PSG; setting up beIN SPORTS; and buying Ligue 1 TV rights, following a Nov 2010 meeting attended by Qatar’s Sheik Tamin, French president Nicolas Sarkozy and Platini, who admits voting for Qatar and says he was encouraged but not forced to do so.

They're all so bloody brazen about it. It's insane.

[Alex]

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[Lecter]

UK assessing Fifa allegations
3 minutes ago
From the section Business
Breaking news
The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) says it is actively assessing "material in its possession" relating to Fifa corruption allegations.
The US Justice Department (DOJ) has charged 14 people with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy.
And the SFO says it "has made plain that it stands ready to assist ongoing international criminal investigations".
It said its probe had been ongoing for months, before Wednesday's indictments.
The SFO said it was not willing to comment further on the nature of material in its possession or current activity in this area.
In November the SFO asked for anyone with information regarding alleged corruption in the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to come forward.
However it will not now say of its current actions relate to either of the above tournaments.

[Buzzo]

The very fact this election is happening right now is ridiculous.

[EwarWoo]

Especially considering people stood down because it was corrupt. they should be given the option of standing again