Shamed former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has
launched a new attack on president Sepp Blatter by claiming he was
given TV rights to the World Cup in for $1 in return for his vote
in both the 1998 and 2002 elections.
The statement referred to Warner's "extremely critical roles in
his [Blatter's] re-election as well as in preventing several
members of the then Executive Committee from instituting criminal
charges against him."
Warner resigned from his post with FIFA in June after
accusations of bribery, his decision to quit ending all
investigations by FIFA's ethics committee. Warner claimed he had
been "hung out to dry" by FIFA.
In a seperate accusation, Warner stated he was offered the
rights to the 2018 and 2022 finals if he voted for Blatter in last
summer's elections - which he refused to do.
"In 2011, in exchange for my support (and by extension the
support of the CFU and the CONCACAF) in the FIFA presidential
election, the FIFA again offered me the sale of the World Cup
Rights for 2018 and 2022 as a 'gift' at a nominal fee.
Notwithstanding the inducements offered, I & refused to endorse
Sepp Blatter for the 2011 FIFA Presidential election&", the
statement added.
FIFA has declined to comment, but Warner said he will reveal yet
more next week.
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