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Despite his controversial re-election as FIFA boss expects Joseph Blatter no definitive break with the European football -Union. “UEFA is part of the Fifa, they need the Fifa and Uefa Fifa needs,” the president of the World Association said on Saturday in Zurich. At the meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee had one of the European representatives explained above, the two umbrella organizations would have to “pull together”.

The Uefa had clearly positioned itself in front of the FIFA Congress against Blatter and his challenger Prince Ali bin al-Hussein supported. UEFA president Michel Platini had asked Blatter after the recent corruption scandal to resign and even threatened with a boycott of the World Cup. “We must always protect the World Cup,” Blatter commented. The World Championships are a major source of income.

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What happens after Blatter’s re-election continue with FIFA? In the first round of talks of the new Executive Committee decides Blatter male bonding several reasons – it will be interesting, as the Fifa boss begins to defend himself. The gleaning.

for criticizing Blatter on waiving the Englishman David Gill on the seat in the FIFA executive. The former club United director had been elected as FIFA vice, the Office but does not replace a protest against Blatter. “When one is selected, you have to take responsibility,” said Blatter. It was not acceptable that you simply do not show up. About his reasons have not informed him Gill said the Swiss.

He sees himself not as part of the investigation into football top officials at risk. “If someone hires investigations, he has every right to make it. If it is done according to international law, I have no worries, especially about myself,” he said. Before the FIFA Congress several top officials had been arrested for suspected corruption. Blatter reiterated it were individual perpetrators. “I was not involved,” said the 79-year-old

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The US Department of Justice wrote in their indictment against 14 persons that a senior FIFA official had instructed in the application process in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup that ten million US dollars flowing from a FIFA account in Switzerland on a US account. The money ended up in accounts allegedly controlled by the former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner. “I do not take a position on the charges. If that is now being studied somewhere, the tests will be completed,” Blatter said when asked if he knew the identity of the Fifa functionary. “I can say that I was not only there.” On a question if he himself had fear of being arrested, he replied tersely: “Arrested, what next question?.”

The excitement of the football’s world governing body is still no end. From the perspective of justice suggests that FIFA and its shadow men be investigated further. The head of the US tax investigation is based on further accusations in corruption scandal. According to a report of the New York Times Richard Weber said: “I’m pretty sure that we will have another round of accusations.”

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