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“Blatter would never have seen the light of day as president of Fifa” without 30 CONCACAF votes, Warner said in a speech distributed to international media on Friday.
It’s the latest attack on Fifa since Warner promised a “tsunami” of revelations after the then-Fifa vice-president was implicated in a bribery scandal while opposing Blatter’s latest election two years ago.
Warner’s claim details his ownership of the Trinidad centre of excellence, now valued at US$22,5 million. Last week, an integrity panel accused him of fraudulently managing the body running soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Warner spoke to his Trinidad constituents late on Thursday, days after resigning from the island’s government amid the latest soccer scandal to implicate the longtime Fifa power broker.
He also published letters apparently showing Havelange agreed to convert Fifa’s loan of US$6 million into a donation to him and the Caribbean Football Union.
“I told Havelange that, through him, Blatter will get CONCACAF’s total support,” Warner said. “Blatter had been at this time the most hated Fifa official by both the European and African confederations.
“I was Blatter’s idol then and he was mine.” Fifa declined to comment in detail “on any allegations made by Jack Warner. — AFP.
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