FIFA: "We will start now to bring back the reputation of FIFA" (Joseph Blatter)

"We have contacted the partners, last week. We have exchanged letters and we will start now to bring back the reputation of FIFA. We will contact our partners and we will bring them all back in the right situation. We have already planned a personal visit," stated Joseph Blatter, FIFA president, after the meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee after the Congress of the international federation in which Joseph Blatter was re-elected for another four years as president (2015-2019), in Zurich (SUI) on 30/05/2015.

Eugenio Figueredo (Uruguay) and Jeffrey Webb (Cayman Islands), two of the eight vice-presidents of FIFA, and five other leaders in international football were arrested in Zurich, following extradition requests made by the United States, on 27/05/2015, on the eve of the opening of the FIFA Congress.

"What I said in my statements yesterday (29/05/2015) is the following: I will take responsibility for the storm, but I will share it with the Executive Committee that met today. Because it’s the government who has to take this responsibility. And this government is elected by the…