Blatter shocked by US anti-corruption tactics campaign

31 May 2015 - 13:01
By Tim Witcher

FIFA president Sepp Blatter expressed shock at the tactics used by the US anti-corruption investigators but insisted he was not a target. The 79-year-old Swiss official, on the offensive after being re-elected to a new term on Friday, also slammed what he called a "hate" campaign by European football leadersBlatter said he suspected the arrest of seven FIFA officials in Zurich on Wednesday under a US anti-corruption warrant was an attempt to "interfere with the congress" that returned him to pow...

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