Is this guy for real ? We all know he is dodgy as **** but why on earth would he come out and openly say it ? I can only think of 2 reasons. 1. He was off his nut on drugs. 2. He knows he is going down so he's bringing everyone else with him. Sepp Blatter: Russia 2018 World Cup 'agreed before vote' Suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter has suggested there was an agreement in place for Russia to host the 2018 World Cup - before the vote took place. The 79-year-old told Russian news agency Tass of a "discussion" in 2010 about future World Cups. He said a late swing in voting that gave Qatar the 2022 World Cup undid a similar agreement to hand it to the US. Swiss Blatter is serving a 90-day ban alongside Uefa chief Michel Platini, 60, and both deny any wrongdoing. Asked whether it was a mistake to hold voting for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments simultaneously, Blatter replied that before the ballot: "It was agreed inside the group that we go to Russia because it has never been to eastern Europe, and for 2022 we go back to America. "And so we would have the World Cup in the two biggest political powers." But he added that four votes from Europe later switched from the USA to Qatar. The bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments is the subject of an ongoing Swiss criminal investigation. It was begun alongside a US inquiry following the arrest and indictment of several top executives by the US Department of Justice on corruption charges.
option 2 I reckon. Seems he has Platini firmly in sights to go down with him...Be a good day for football to see both these corrupt ar$eholes jailed.
It's probably the best thing that could've happened - in a strange kind of way. Sinking ship and he's taking all the corrupt ****ers with him. Could it mean less of an enquiry? Once it's out in the open they probably won't have a leg to stand on.
£21M spent on our bid including £2.5M of local authority money, apparently. Probably £500k on the bid and £21M schmoozing the greasy bastards at FIFA...
Over 421 thousand pounds. The amount Sunderland invested in the bid. Councillors want it back. Todays echo.
