Jerome Valcke "relieved of his duties" by FIFA

Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

It's beginning to look like all the top dogs at FIFA are being investigated for corruption EXCEPT Blatter. Hmm, I smell a rat (literally)

Perhaps Blatter is helping the FBI and is stabbing the others in the back setting the record straight.

It may happen with Blatter though. The US are driving this and if there is anything there they will get him. I guess at the end of the day it depends how well he has covered his tracks and can anything be made to stick. It's obvious, as the top man, he must have known what has been going on but it's whether they'll be able to prove it.

The Feds must finally get their hands on his greasy old cojones or old Sepp at the age of 125 will still be sitting pretty on a great big stinking pile of corpses...

Good news though,

Russian football is NOT racist. They just had a massive glut of bananas caused by a fantastic harvest in the Urals.

Rizzo said:

Given how corrupt the top FIFA officials are I would be astounded if one or more of them could not be persuaded to drop Blatter in it in exchange for leniency/immunity. a few quid

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Rizzo said:

Given how corrupt the top FIFA officials are I would be astounded if one or more of them could not be persuaded to drop Blatter in it in exchange for leniency/immunity.

There lies the plan I would hope.

Everyone knows blatter may be hiding something. So go for everyone around them and get concrete evidence by bargaining with those underneath him.

Get minor charges against smaller characters with enough evidence to confirm action, and a dossier to throw at the main man. Much better than trying to throw the book at everyone and having them stand together.

Pick them off one by one whilst they fragment and fall apart, all giving more info about each other and, more importantly, Blatter. Proper divide and conquer tactics that should lead ensure they don't stand united.

That's my uninformed hope anyway.

Addicted said:

Used to see Blatter all over the media playing the victim and pointing the finger at the media (particularly the UK).

Not so keen now is he?

This! The British were racist. We hated FIFA. etc etc. Now the filthy little fat man is being quiet. However, it would have looked much better when the allegations came to light if he had launched an investigation, instead of a series of attacks on the British media.
Just my hope, but may he die in a cell.

lordromford said:

Callumcafc said:

Quite a bit about this in the British media but the most in depth article I've found is the one below, in the Brazilian media. Doesn't look very good for Valcke, or for FIFA.

http://esportes.estadao.com.br/noticias/futebol,valcke-e-acusado-de-montar-esquema-na-venda-de-ingressos-da-copa,1764049

Any chance you could give us a summary of the article? My Portuguese is s bit rusty...

Pheff pheff pheff pheff pheff Blatter bolas scorchio!

https://youtu.be/MfTiYun47rg