The top leader of football recalled the 10 years of the scandal with the agency and thanked American politics. “We are respected worldwide,” he said.
The president of the FIFA, Gianni Infantinohe received in Miami to officials of USA and highlighted the role of the American giant in the fight against corruption in the entity that governs the soccer world.
Infantino held a meeting at the agency’s headquarters in Miami with Pam BondiUnited States Attorney, and Kash Pateldirector of FBIas well as senior White House officials, headquarters of the government that commands Donald Trump.
“It was on this day, ten years ago, on May 27, 2015, when the intervention of US authorities began to play a crucial role in the punishment of those who had abused their positions and, later, in the impulse of a change in FIFA,”he posted in Instagram Infantino in relation to the scandal linked to illegal actions of the Zurich -based institution.
After qualifying FIFA as “a trusted agency” and “a valuable partner,” the Swiss leader remarked that since then the agency implemented deep structural modifications, such as “government and more solid financial controls, total transparency with independent audits and bidding processes.”
On the other hand, he pointed out that in the last decade the football development budget was multiplied and that the fund of US $201 million granted to different agencies as compensation by the US Department of Justice were redistributed through the FIFA Foundation.
“FIFA is now a respected organization worldwide. We thank all world leaders for their trust and collaboration, and now we look forward to two historical events in the United States: the FIFA 2025 Club World Cup and, later, together with Canada and Mexico, the FIFA World Cup 2026”concluded Infantino.
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