ZURICH (Sputnik) — FIFA has launched an image-saving campaign after the organization’s major sponsors voiced their concerns over the high-profile corruption scandal tainting the reputation of world football’s governing body, FIFA President Joseph Blatter said Saturday.
"We have exchanged letters [with sponsors] and we start to bring back the reputation of FIFA… I'm sure we will bring them back all in the right situation and we have already planned a personal visit to the organization of these sponsors," Blatter told journalists.
Earlier this week, Adidas, Coca-Cola, Visa and McDonald’s all issued statements calling on FIFA to take swift actions following Wednesday’s arrests of seven senior FIFA officials on a US federal corruption warrant.
Overall, the US Department of Justice on Wednesday indicted 14 world football figures, including nine FIFA officials, with fraud, racketeering and money laundering.
Swiss authorities opened a separate investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, due to be held in Russia and Qatar respectively.
