Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has threatened to sue
world football’s governing body and his successor for allegedly spreading
“false information” and damaging his reputation, according to a news report
published Wednesday.
“I will take legal actions against Gianni Infantino and
FIFA,” Blatter said
“I’ve had it. Enough is enough,” he said.
Blatter, 83, was suspended from FIFA in 2015 amid a gigantic the corruption scandal that rocked world football to its core.
But he claimed in Wednesday’s interview that statements
issued by FIFA regarding alleged payments he had received contained false
information.
“The information and the different statements issued by FIFA
regarding my income are untrue and have therefore been detrimental to my reputation,”
he said.
He alleged that FIFA had spread “fake information and a
deceitful representation” of the facts.
Among other things, he challenged allegations that following
the 2014 World Cup in Brazil he had received a bonus of 12 million Swiss francs
($12 million, 10.5 million euros).
“Information that I received this bonus is false,” he said.
He also charged that false allegations had been made about
his pension, and lamented that FIFA had failed to hand back his belongings
confiscated after his suspension, including a valuable watch collection and
personal documents.
Blatter, who is serving a six-year ban from world
football, also insisted that a $2-million payment he authorised in 2011 to
Michel Platini, former head of UEFA and his one-time heir apparent, had been
handled correctly.
And he questioned the channels through which the payment had
come to prosecutors’ attention four years later, saying he suspected Infantino.
“The way my successor has treated me is incomprehensible,
given that he took over a very profitable organisation,” he said.
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