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FIFA director of communications Walter De Gregorio says football's governing body initiated the Swiss investigation which resulted in charges being made against officials on Tuesday, after dawn raids and arrests in Zurich.
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SOUNDBITE (English): Walter De Gregorio, FIFA director of communications (on FIFA President Sepp Blatter's future and the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in Russia and Qatar):
"It's exactly the 'although' you say - although it's not just something that's not important. It is important. He is not involved. So how can you say 'although'? This for me is important information. Second point, I mean, what do you expect for us? That we start to speculate and say maybe Russia, Qatar, we have to re-do the whole thing? Russia and Qatar (World Cups) will be played. This is what is fact today. And I don't go into speculation what will happen tomorrow, after tomorrow and so on. This is what I can tell you, not more and not less."
SOUNDBITE (English): Walter De Gregorio, FIFA director of communications (on the damage to football as a result of today's news):
"Well for sure the damaged body is all of us, I agree and football fans for sure. But on the first points what do want me to answer? No, the President (Sepp Blatter) is not involved. Of course he is the head of FIFA but he is not involved in any - so how can you say, ok, he has to whatsoever, step down? He is the President, he is the President and in two days there are elections. If the 209 member associations, they re-elect him, then he is the President for the next four years.''
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Russia and Qatar will be played - De Gregorio
Thursday, May 28 2015Category:Soccer