FIFA's shameless squad: Hours after being freed from prison for 'exhaustion', suspect Jack Warner parties night away... as Blatter bleats scandal is revenge for UK and US losing World Cup bids
Disgraced former FIFA vice president Jack Warner claimed he was
too ill to face reporters outside prison in Trinidad where he was being
held on eight charges in the FBI corruption case. But just hours later,
he donned a celebratory garland of flowers and whipped a crowd of
political allies into a frenzy with an energetic and defiant speech
professing his innocence. He later insisted that if he has been accused
by U.S. prosecutors, then FIFA President Sepp Blatter must also face
charges. Pictures of the rally emerged as a smug Blatter (inset)
suggested the U.S.-led investigation was a Western conspiracy. In a
rambling speech, he claimed things would be different if two other
countries had emerged from the envelopes. He meant England for 2018 and
USA for 2022 - a dig at the British media who have led the anti-Blatter
agenda and the FBI, whose investigations led to seven arrests and 14
officials indicted on bribery and kick-back charges by the US Attorney.
FIFA officials will vote for their new president this afternoon, with a
result expected around 5pm UK time.
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