FIFA president Sepp Blatter is gradually becoming a source of controversy due to recent scandals surfacing in the organization.
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Despite all this, he was able to win Friday’s presidential election with more votes than Prince Ali, who eventually conceded the presidency to Blatter.
Blatter will be entering his fifth term as the FIFA president, but that will not make the chatter of his alleged involvement in the corruption go away.
He was even asked if he thinks he may be arrested, but he immediately brushed off the notion.
“Arrested for what? Next question,” Blatter curtly said to international reporters, according to Sports Illustrated.
Blatter also went on to criticize the United States’ investigation of the FIFA corruption scandals, which includes bribery of about $10 million to have the World Cup hosted in South Africa.
The president claimed that the U.S. government “must arrest people” while denying that he was the unidentified, high-profile FIFA official who was responsible for accepting the bribe money.
14 officials from the organization have been charged with corruption, and more indictments are expected to take place in the future.
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