FIFA President Sepp Blatter. Photographer: Graham Barclay/BloombergFIFA President Sepp Blatter said he has had first hand experience on football corruption threatening the entity and will try to stop once and for all "the alleged graft, he should be re-elected to a fourth term.
Blatter, 75, has been President of FIFA for almost 36 years with 12 of the organisation is based in Zurich. Over the past six months, FIFA has faced allegations of possible corruption in the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts.
He said someone tried to bribe him when he was Secretary, a position he held until 1998, with a folder containing the money in the pockets of the jacket. He refused to recognize the person in an interview last week, and said the money was returned the next day.
"I refuse because he himself put it in my pocket," Blatter said, unbuttoning the Golden buttons of the nautical sports jacket to reveal a Pocket PC. "I came here for the home of FIFA, gave to the Director of finance and raised the money to the account of the Swiss Bank Corp."
In recent weeks, Blatter meets with some of the 208 national federations which will decide on June 1 if he or challenger Mohamed Bin Hammam, a Qatari who is responsible for the Asiasoccer, will lead the organisation until 2015.
FIFA has revenues of more than 1 billion dollars a year, and questions were put to a parliamentary Committee Britain regarding the conduct of officials.
Former Chairman of English Football Federation David triesman told Parliament that four senior FIFA members asked favors in return for their vote during the race to host the 2018 World Cup, which the Russiawon. The newspaper Sunday Times claimed that two others had been paid 1.5 million dollars to select the host Qatar 2022 World Cup. Two others were suspended last year.
Blatter claims that followed on the world tour. Last weekend South Africa, in him a table using the fist while saying FIFA was not a corrupt organization.
The public perception of FIFA "it hurts me," Blatter said, speaking with a small group of reporters in a conference room called ' fair play ' FIFA on the first floor of 200 million dollars glass-coated headquarters in Zurich.
FIFA opened its new home in 2006 saying the design will be allowed light shining through the building and create transparency that we are in favour. "
Blatter said the company might have for improving communication, especially when it comes to dealing with irregularities. This is confirmed a "zero tolerance" approach to governance and compliance within FIFA if he is re-elected. He says that there are people within football's governing body ' does not deserve to be. "The 2001 collapse of marketing partner ISL revealed some FIFA officials had paid bribes for decades. A Court settlement agreed takeover last year.
Corruption has affected the FIFA's relationship with donors contributing in large part from the 4 billion dollars by the governing body receives from the World Cup. In October Sony Corp. Chief said the manufacturer-sponsored electronics preferred to relate to the tournament and the Governing Council. Sports maker Adidas AG statement said "the negative Tenor of public debate is good for the sport of football and FIFA as an institution and its partners."
Next week the FIFA will meet former Qatar offer the worker who made the allegations about the process of country's World Cup. Qatar said alleged bribe is "completely false" and "value" of evidence. FIFA also expects details from Britain about Triesman's allegations.
Blatter admitted that whatever the results of the investigation, FIFA must urgently with allegations of corruption claims made therein.
"We will be able to find a solution for the handling of the past, so we can stop once and for all, all these images and harmful things about FIFA," he said.
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