England declared its readiness to support the boycott of the FIFA World Cup – RBC

The head of the Football Association of England Greg Dyke

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If the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) decides to boycott the World Cup soccer championships, England enthusiastically support this initiative. In an interview with The Guardian said the head of the Football Association of England Greg Dyke in connection with the re-election of FIFA President Joseph Blatter for a fifth term.

«Most of the European countries voted against the Blatter as well as all of Latin America. These two regions, in fact, is the World Cup, “- he said Dyke . «If UEFA has opposed the participation of European countries in the World Cup, we definitely would support this decision,” – explained his position Dyke. He said he did not believe in the willingness of all UEFA currently boycott the championship. In his view, only individual countries to join.

At the same time Dyke noted that the continuation of the investigation into the need for such drastic measures may not be as Blatter, in his opinion, not your dosidev four-year term of office. “I think a lot more will emerge”, – assured Dyke.

On the possibility of boycotting the forthcoming football World Cup if elected Blatter before the vote, said the head of UEFA, Michel Platini. Blatter re-elected FIFA president for a fifth term on May 29 after his opponent, Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, whom Platini called on to vote, conceded defeat.

According to The Sunday Times, Blatter and several FIFA officials may soon be interrogated by the Swiss police about possible corruption violations in the selection of countries hosting the 2018 World Cup (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar) years.

A few days before Blatter’s re-election on May 27 Swiss police arrested several high-ranking FIFA on corruption charges. The arrest occurred at the request of US authorities. US Department of Justice filed a detainee charged with receiving and giving bribes, extortion, fraud and money laundering. In the case of corruption in the currently featured 14 people, with the US Attorney General Loretta Lynch predicted further arrests in the case.

US for several years investigating abuse of FIFA, the investigators succeeded by a member of FIFA’s executive committee from the United States Charles Blazer agreement on cooperation. As a result, he gave investigators records of conversations with members of the leadership of the organization.

Russian President Vladimir Putin before the election FIFA President Blatter expressed his support and said that the corruption case against FIFA is an attempt to US “to extend its jurisdiction to other countries” . After his re-election for a fifth term, Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to the head of FIFA.