11 people are suspended from all football-related activities, because of scandals and criminal investigations affecting FIFA.
This is Jeffrey Webb, Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Jack Warner, Eugenio Figueredo, Rafael Esquivel, José Maria Marin, Nicolas Leoz, Chuck Blazer and Daryll Warner.
Sept leaders arrested
Since the beginning of the morning, Fifa was rocked by a double earthquake with the arrest of seven officials suspected of corruption including the award of the 2010 World Cup, the demand for American justice. And parallel search of his Zurich headquarters for the 2018 World Championships and 2022
A total of nine current or former elected Fifa and five global body of football partners were charged with corruption, racketeering laundering and in New York, accused of receiving or distributed more than 150 million since 1991 for international tournaments broadcast rights.
Among the Executive Officers include Jeffrey Webb (Cayman Islands) Eugenio Figueredo (Uruguay), both members of the Executive Committee, and Jack Warner (Trinidad and Tobago), a former member of the executive committee. The latter, already involved in many corruption cases, said he “innocent” .
In the late afternoon, Fifa has announced the suspension of nine elected, more Daryll Warner (son of Jack) and the American Chuck Blazer, Concacaf former head of the informant became US justice.
UEFA request the postponement of the congress of FIFA
Moreover UEFA requested the postponement of the election of the FIFA president scheduled for Friday. “We (UEFA) are firmly convinced that the congress of FIFA must be rejected and the presidential election in the next six months” , said Gianni Infantino told reporters in Warsaw.
At the head of FIFA since 1998, the Swiss Joseph “Sepp” Blatter, including several close aides are among the people arrested Wednesday is a candidate for his own succession.
His rival in this election, the Jordanian Prince Ali bin al Hussein, who promised to clean up the organization if elected, spoke Wednesday of a “sad day for football “.
Blatter said above all suspicion
The Fifa is shaken, but Blatter and Secretary General Jerome Valcke ” are not involved “ in this case. “Blatter focused on the congress and it remains relatively relaxed” , assured the director of communication of FIFA, Walter De Gregorio. Sepp Blatter broke his silence in the evening, via a statement. “This is a difficult time for football fans and Fifa” .
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