FIFA’s African vice president Issa Hayatou says he is not publicly backing a candidate in the election to succeed Sepp Blatter.
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USA attorney general Loretta Lynch said in Zurich on September 14 more charges could follow “against individuals and entities” in the investigations.
“It’s hard “, Zico told the AP in a telephone interview after meeting with Blatter at FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich.
He is staying in office until a successor is chosen at an extraordinary congress on February 26.
Preparations for that meeting and its agenda are on the executive committee agenda.
Zico said he has sent letters to several federations, adding Brazil was the only one to respond.
Since the corruption charges Blatter’s only official trip overseas has been to Russian Federation for the World Cup qualifying draw in St Petersburg in late July.
Romario criticised Blatter, saying that he is the head of the school of dishonest people, who can easily influence the football world without being necessarily corrupt, Sport24 reported.
The soccer governing body also confirmed that Brazilian executive committee member Marco Polo del Nero had failed to attend a meeting in Zurich on Monday of the Olympic Football Tournaments organising committee, which he chairs.
FIFA’s ethics committee, which can re-open its own investigation of 2018-2022 bidders if significant new evidence is unearthed, has its request considered to ease secrecy rules about its work. The case should go beyond the World Cup votes won in 2010 by Russian Federation and Qatar, and move deeper into FIFA’s day-to-day business during Blatter’s presidency since 1998.
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UEFA has cited support for its president Platini from voters in four of FIFA’s six continental bodies, though not Africa where Blatter traditionally had a strong base.
