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Timing of FIFA Arrests Ahead of Presidential Vote ‘No Coincidence’

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Timing of FIFA Arrests Ahead of Presidential Vote ‘No Coincidence’

18:29 GMT 30.05.2015 (Updated: 10:15 GMT 06.08.2022)

FIFA President Sepp Blatter is up for reelection to his post just one day after seven FIFA officials were arrested on charges of racketeering, bribery and wire fraud. - Sputnik International

Newly re-elected FIFA chief Joseph Blatter said that the United States is the number one sponsor of Jordan and Prince Ali Bin Hussein, who was Blatter’s only rival in Friday's FIFA presidency vote.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter attends a press conference on May 30, 2015 in Zurich after being re-elected during the FIFA Congress - Sputnik International

FIFA Takes Image-Saving Steps to Ease Sponsors’ Fears Amid Scandal

30 May 2015, 13:02 GMT

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Timing of arrests of senior FIFA officials that shook world football’s governing body just two days before the vote for the organization’s next president "is not a coincidence," newly re-elected FIFA chief Joseph Blatter said in an interview published online Saturday.

On Wednesday, seven FIFA executives were detained in a Swiss hotel under a US anti-corruption warrant as a total of 14 world football figures were indicted by the US Justice Department on charges of money laundering, wire fraud and racketeering.

"There are signs that do not lie: the Americans were candidates for the World Cup 2022 and they lost," Blatter told the Swiss RTS television channel.

He added that the United States is the number one sponsor of Jordan and Prince Ali Bin Hussein, who was Blatter’s only rival in Friday's FIFA presidency vote.

FIFA President Joseph Blatter gestures as he waits for the start of the 39th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Vienna, Austria - Sputnik International

FIFA Boss Blatter Avoids Media Questions on Corruption Scandal

30 May 2015, 12:12 GMT

"If the Americans have to do with money or criminal offenses which relate to North and South American citizens, they should arrest them there, but not in Zurich during a congress," Blatter said.

Earlier on Saturday, Blatter avoided answering question on the corruption scandal, which massively tainted the image of the world’s most popular game, as the 79-year-old faced journalist for the first time after being re-elected for his fifth term in office.