FIFA once again fell under suspicion. In Ireland, said it had received from the organization € 5 million in exchange for silence after the scandalous absence from the national team for the World Cup – 2010 FIFA explained that the funds allocated under the loan for the construction of the stadium, but did not return the amount.
A new blow to FIFA was done in Ireland. They stated that the patrimony of Joseph Blatter has translated the country € 5 million to hush up the scandal with the absenteeism of Ireland national team to the World Cup – 2010 in South Africa.
Recall that in the play-offs for the right to go to the tournament “green army” on aggregate lost to France – 0: 1, 1: 1. In extra time the second leg, which took place in Paris, the home defender William Gallas scored the decisive goal after the transfer of Thierry Henry, who obviously played up his hand.
Violation of the rules was so obvious that even some players stopped playing, confident that Judge Martin Hansson of Sweden will cancel a goal. However, the team of arbitrators goal is scored, shocking the whole of Ireland.
After that broke out in the country a wave of indignation. They demanded from FIFA to conduct a replay of the match, but from Henry – public repentance. The football player has repeatedly apologized for the incident, but later admitted that he was thinking about retirement in the team.
«It was very hard. It began with the simple fact of the game and gone far too far. Some began to teach me life, even though I already apologized both on the field and outside it “, – said Henry.
Meanwhile, the Irish did not give up and appealed to FIFA with the requirement to include the national team in the number of participants in the World Cup. The Federation rejected the request on the move, calling it unrealistic.
«Since the Irish have filed a formal petition, we said to them that he would try to bring it to the FIFA Executive Committee. But you can imagine that would mean compliance with the request. Not to say that this is complete nonsense, but it is simply impossible, “- said FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke.
An angry Ireland was ready even to sue FIFA, but over time the scandal died down. As it turns out, the role played not only the time.
Director-General of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI ) John Delaney broadcast RTE Radio 1 said that the federation, led by Blatter, unexpected associations allocated € 5 million to the “needs of the organization».
The FIFA tried to justify himself by saying that these funds were listed under a loan for construction of the stadium.
«FAI FIFA granted a loan of € 5 million to build a stadium in Ireland. At the same time, UEFA has also provided funds for the FAI to the stadium. The terms agreed between FIFA and the FAI, was indicated that the loan would be repaid if Ireland qualified for the World Cup – 2014 Ireland did not get to the World Cup. In this regard, as well as the financial situation of the FAI FIFA decided to write off the loan “- told FIFA.
However, the explanation was more than doubtful. Plaintext into the international federation confirmed that the isolated FAI € 5 million, and then simply did not require debt. It turns out that the money really went to Ireland on a completely free basis.
Will the course of this case and how it will end is not clear yet. At the moment, FIFA have enough problems already five million Irish and the numbers that appear in reports of law enforcement far exceed this amount.
The number of suspects is growing. The FBI had questions to the former head of the Brazilian Football Confederation, Ricardo Teixeira and FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke. They are suspected of fraudulent activities and financial frauds.
questioned more than a thousand contracts signed during the preparation for the World Cup in Brazil. One can only imagine what amounts appear in these documents.
On the eve of the former vice-president of FIFA, Jack Warner promised to tell law enforcement authorities all he knows about corruption in FIFA.
«Now I have nowhere to retreat. I was silent because he feared for his life. More I will not keep secrets of those who are trying to destroy my country “, – quotes functionary Reuters.
However, and on the Warner has a story to tell. The Minister of Justice, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said that a few years ago, the official received a bribe from South Africa in the amount of $ 10 million.
Sepp Blatter, who will serve as president of FIFA to an extraordinary conference, said he wants to reform the organization. While Blatter is trying to extinguish the fire of the bucket, the journalists got to privacy functionary.
The Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo published information about a romance between Blatter and the famous model, the ex-girlfriend of Cristiano Ronaldo Irina Shayk. It is noteworthy that the 79-year-old Swiss Sheik over 50 years!
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