Zurich – FIFA spokesman Walter de Gregorio says FIFA President Sepp Blatter “is calm” after the arrests of seven soccer officials in Zurich by Swiss authorities.
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U.S. officials issued a warrant for the arrests of nine FIFA officials and Swiss authorities arrested seven of them early Wednesday in Zurich, where hundreds of soccer officials have gathered for the world soccer body’s annual Congress. Blatter was not arrested and is running for a fifth term as president on Friday.
De Gregorio told a hastily called news conference that Blatter “is very calm, he sees what is happening, he is fully cooperating.”
The spokesman says “the stress factor is a little bit higher than it was yesterday … but he (Blatter) knows he was not involved.”
De Gregorio added that Blatter “is not dancing in his office.” He said FIFA’s presidential election — which Blatter is expected to win — will take place as scheduled.
Interesting “coincidence” that the Arabs are about to ask that group to bar Israel.
I can see him trying to get even with the US and banning the Israeli team