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FIFA Scandal Part 4: The Plot Thickens

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By Zaheer E. Clarke

Published  November 2, 2015

(FILES)-- A file photo taken on May 29, 2015 shows FIFA President Sepp Blatter (L) shaking hands with UEFA President Michel Platini after being re-elected following a vote to decide on the FIFA presidency in Zurich. UEFA chief Michel Platini revealed in a letter sent on September 28, 2015 to 54 European UEFA federations, that a payment made to him from Blatter had been

(FILES)– A file photo taken on May 29, 2015, shows FIFA President Sepp Blatter (L) shaking hands with UEFA President Michel Platini after being re-elected following a vote to decide on the FIFA presidency in Zurich. UEFA chief Michel Platini revealed in a letter sent on September 28, 2015, to 54 European UEFA federations, that a payment made to him from Blatter had been “fully declared” to authorities. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL BUHOLZERMICHAEL BUHOLZER/AFP/Getty Images

Last week, in a wide-ranging interview with Russian News Agency TASS, outgoing FIFA President Sepp Blatter unclothed the underbelly of FIFA’s World Cup 2018 and 2022 selections, and the reasons, in his view, for the crisis that has embroiled FIFA ever since.

After fielding 30 questions and comments from Oleg Koshelev, Artem Kuznetsov and Maxim Filimonov of TASS, Blatter’s revelations confirmed my likening of FIFA to a Mafia organization in previous articles. The revelations also confirm the suffusive impact that the current suspensions, levelled at himself, Vice President Michael Platini and General Secretary Jerome Valcke, has on FIFA’s governance. Continue reading →