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International
football, top FIFA officials

were arrested at dawn at a
Zurich hotel in Switzerland.

May 27th, 2015, the FBI
throws out a wide dragnet.

Police burst into this Zurich hotel.

Six high-ranking FIFA officials
have been arrested in Switzerland

as part of a massive corruption
probe. �On the eve of the 65th

FIFA congress in September,
seven heads of the organization

are arrested in Switzerland.
�Could face extradition to the U.S.

With the FBI, you never
know what they're gonna do

and then one day everybody goes to
jail, right. �That's the way it works.

It's a staggering blow to the extremely
closed circle of professional football.

For the first time, FIFA
leaders find themselves

behind bars on corruption charges.

These individuals,
through these organizations,

engaged in bribery to decide
who would televise games,

where the games would be held,

and who would run the organization
overseeing organized soccer worldwide.

FIFA is a sprawling multinational
worth billions in revenues.

But some of its high-ranking
executives have pocketed

a great deal of money
in bribes and kickbacks.

Right from the beginning I
could smell FIFA was corrupt.

Some FIFA officials in particular
have exchanged their influence

for lucrative marketing contracts or
the selection of who hosts World Cups.

Those sums went into the pockets of
sport officials and that was proved.

I'm not being informed
simply of accusations.

For over 40 years, FIFA leaders have
carried on with absolute impunity.

In Europe, the legal
system closes it eyes.

Switzerland had years and so many scandals
that they could have investigated,

years and years of scandals. �But
FIFA's very powerful in Switzerland.

The winner is Qatar.

We've seen people around the world
were getting more and more angry

and more and more concerned
about the way FIFA was being run.

At the heart of the global
�FIFA scandal is Sepp Blatter,

its iconic president for the past
17 years. �You cannot fight mafia.

I'm certain that Blatter is the
brains behind all of the corruption.

Moore takes the kick and Geoff
Hurst puts England level.

In 1984, no one really knew about
FIFA, not even in Switzerland.

In the eyes of the public it didn't
exist. �It was simply unheard of.

Will the FIFA executives bring the
whole organization down with themselves?

Can you say what's going to happen
to FIFA today? �Can this organization

become virtuous once again and
restore the ideals of its founders?

To date this has not happened.

Goal!

And yet
everything started so well.

112 years ago, on May 21st, 1904,
the International Federation

of Football Association was born,

in an interior courtyard of
229 Rue Saint Honore in Paris.

It was very small. �If you look at
what the international federation was

it was ridiculous, it
was in a small apartment.

They had only one secretary, that's all.

Back then, football didn't
generate much revenue.

FIFA was a nonprofit organization.

FIFA's first officials were instilled
with a sense of international cooperation,

meaning the idea of international
meetings and congresses with associations

in the domains of the arts, culture,
and sports all making contributions

to advancing international
peace and progress.

The Federation sought to go global
but in reality it included only

a handful of European countries.
�It was a rather exclusive group.

At first, FIFA's origin was a
sort of small European community.

It included the Netherlands, Belgium,
France, Switzerland, Germany, and Denmark.

In 1921, a Frenchman
becomes FIFA's president.

His name is Jules Rimet and will make
his mark on the history of football.

Jules Rimet was a rather small man.
�We nicknamed him the white mouse.

Intelligent, a good talker, a
seducer, a little political.

Rimet wants to
go into politics but he fails.

He then turns to football and
presents FIFA with a great idea,

to create a World Cup.

The problem is that there already is
an international football tournament,

that of the Olympic games, organized
by the International Olympic Committee.

The IOC therefore sees the creation
of a new international competition

in a very unfavorable light.

The International Olympic Committee
did everything it could to keep

the World Cup from being created.

Why? �Because in the preceding years,
the world Olympic soccer championship

had become very important. �It was
the only worldwide soccer tournament.

There wasn't yet a World Cup and
they hoped to remain the only ones.

The IOC rejects the idea
of creating a World Cup

but to compensate for Rimet's
disappointment, it agrees that FIFA can

organize the Olympic football tournament.
�This is a turning point for FIFA.

It soon has 28 members and the round ball

is becoming increasingly
popular worldwide.

FIFA decided it was satisfied as
the soccer tournament on its own had

generated more money from spectators than
all of the other sports put together.

In 1930, Jules Rimet cuts ties with
the International Olympic Committee.

He creates the first World Cup
in the history of football.

Uruguay had won the last
two Olympic tournaments.

It's the best team in the world.

Jules Rimet wants to end the
monopoly of European countries.

He proposed that Uruguay
should organize the event.

So, Uruguay announced its candidature
to host the first World Cup.

Everyone said amen. �But no
one thought about travel.

At the time you took a
ship to go to Uruguay.

Travel and the tournament together would
take the Europeans almost two months.

It's the early 20th century. �South
America is at the end of the world.

And FIFA's funds are empty,
it cannot finance anything.

Several delegations
forego making the trip.

Only four European teams
sail for Montevideo.

The crossing takes three weeks.

The first World Cup sees
a victory for Uruguay.

It is a hugely popular event. �The
history of FIFA is in the making.

Jules Rimet wants to
expand the organization.

In 1932, he makes the decision to locate
the headquarters to Zurich Switzerland.

It is a country at the center of
Europe and well connected by train.

But Switzerland's location in itself

does not sufficiently explain
Rimet's very strategic choice.

Why Switzerland? �In the 1930s there
are important monetary problems

including devaluation
and control of exchanges

and Switzerland has a stable
currency which is obviously essential

for ensuring revenue
and payments to FIFA.

In the 1930s,
FIFA's idealistic aims

were at odds with the rise
of the fascist regimes.

In 1934, Mussolini uses football
to showcase his fascist regime.

The encounter takes place in front of a
record breaking crowd, 60.000 spectators.

Four years later, on the
eve of the Second World War,

it's France's turn to
host the tournament.

The crowd is anxious as
the Italians dominate.

A pass to the Italian downfield.

In Paris, on French soil, in front of the
spectators and cameras of the stadium,

the players of the German
team display the Nazi salute

to the great despair of
FIFA President Jules Rimet.

He saw it unfortunately as a failure.
�He told me I had false allusions.

I thought it could help
delay or avoid the war,

maybe create negotiations as
all the parties were together.

In the 1950s, after the Second
World War, the world changes.

Colonialism is collapsing
and former colonies

become involved in the
development of football and FIFA.

In the 1960s and '70s, the
countries that became independent

joined FIFA first before the United
Nations. �That shows the importance of

the FIFA hierarchy compared to the UN.

In the early '60s, the Brazilians are
the best football players in the world.

Their technique is spectacular.

The artists are virtuosos. �The
athletes have extraordinary abilities.

But FIFA is
still led by Europeans.

In 1961, it also chooses a new president,

an Englishman named Stanley Rous.

Rous believes primarily
in European football.

Stanley Rous was above all
an international referee.

His vision of how football should
develop was very restrictive.

It was quite limited.

For the final rounds of the World Cup,
he thought that Europe and South America

should get the lion's share.
�For the World Cup in 1966,

Africa, Asia, and Oceania would
compete for one place only.

It was so bad that the Africans decided
to boycott the preliminary rounds

and not participate in this World Cup.

Stanley Rous considered that those
countries must prove themselves

and once they'd progressed,
the doors to the World Cup

would be open to them more widely.

Stanley Rous
had no sense of history.

He will pay for this during the
election of his successor in 1974.

Stanley Rous' challenger hails from
the New World. �He is Brazilian.

Throughout South America, football
has become a major public spectacle.

But in Brazil, football is a religion.

And the high priest of this religion

is the head of the Brazilian
Football Federation.

Joao Havelange is a businessman well
established in the chemical industry,

insurance, and transport in Brazil.

I'm born in Brazil, I've seen
football since I was born.

We watch football, eat
football, talk football.

Joao Havelange is the first non-European
candidate for FIFA's presidency.

Those European
men had a Euro-centric vision.

They even had somewhat racist
ideas in FIFA during those years

so Havelange profited from that.

The strategy was to say that
they were against apartheid

and as it existed in South Africa, they
couldn't participate in the World Cup.

This way they gained the support of
several African football associations.

For FIFA's presidential election, the
system is simple. �One vote per country.

The Brazilians will
rely on the resentment

of Africans against Stanley
Rous, the outgoing president.

For Africa, Havelange arrived as the
man of providence for their cause,

the man who'd fight
Stanley Rous' authority.

And a Brazilian seemed a
much more friendly choice

as compared to an Englishman.

Not to mention Africa's love for Brazilian
football and for the Brazilian selection.

Joao Havelange fights a
very political campaign.

He visits each of the African
federations one by one.

To win votes, he is accompanied by
the most famous of his countrymen.

Look at this athlete with his black skin
and immaculate jersey with the number 10.

His name's Pele. �He's the
world's best football player.

As we predicted, the skilled
artist Pele with this attack

has offered Brazil a close victory
with a score of three to two.

You have to try to imagine the prestige of
Pele's support during that FIFA campaign.

It was a formidable plus.

His presence was decisive
on the African front

with the African football federations.

During this trip to Africa, Joao Havelange
discovered that 14 African federations

had not paid their annual dues to
FIFA for lack of financial means.

14 votes that the Brazilian
secretly tips in his favor.

Havelange verified that the 14 African
federations hadn't paid their FIFA dues,

meaning that they didn't
have the right to vote.

So, he paid their dues for
them with his own money.

He paid from his pocket so those
federations could vote for him.

With this gesture, he gained the
votes of the 14 African countries.

The Brazilian candidate then extended
his campaign in eastern Europe.

In 1974, Joao went to Moscow to
conquer the votes of the Soviet Union

and the countries
behind the Iron Curtain.

I was at his disposal
as the only Brazilian

in the embassy who spoke Russian.

We're in Moscow, city of peace,
friendship, and hospitality.

He always tries to make the
Soviet authorities happy

and the families of the Soviet leaders.

He brought aquamarine brooches for the
wives of the Soviet representatives.

But all of this was done
with great discretion.

Havelange negotiates with the Russian
Koloskov who speaks on behalf of all

the federations of the Soviet bloc. �It's
quid pro quo. �The two men make a pact.

Minister
Koloskov guaranteed to Joao

that he would unite the
votes of all of the countries

behind the Iron Curtain and he did it.

On his side, Dr. Havelange
promised the Russians

that he'd give his complete
support to Moscow's

candidature to host the 1980 Olympics.

And everyone keeps his word. �To
get hold of the reins at FIFA,

Joao Havelange is ready to do anything.

But to the reporters, he
wants to appear a fair player.

I don't think that it's a combat it's
an election that's permitted by FIFA.

I'm happy we can show football's strength

with this election where
friendship is first.

I consider Stanley Rous to be a friend.

For his part, Stanley Rous is too
confident, convinced of his reelection,

he doesn't even bother to
campaign. �On the eve of the vote,

he appears confident and arrogant.

Would it in fact be such a bad thing then
for football if Brazil did get this post?

I don't know. �I should be a little
apprehensive. �Why apprehensive?

Well, in view of the way that I've seen

that their attitude towards football
and sport is so different from ours.

What's wrong with their attitude? �I think
it's a bit too commercial for one thing.

It's a bit too passionate on the field
sometimes. �And also, off the field,

this is where I think the administrators

don't act, wouldn't act
as the Europeans act.

In fact then,
you're standing because

you think you can do the job
better than the Brazilians?

I think I can do it as well as.

Stanley Rous thought of
himself as already elected.

I think he was even more certain of
this because he'd allied himself with

the president of Adidas, Horst
Dassler, known as the kingmaker.

With Adidas, Horst Dassler
sponsors the top national teams.

They need money and equipment.

Horst Dassler was one of the most
powerful men in sports in the world.

He played his cards on every
table. �He knew everyone.

He did favors for everybody. �He was in a
way the central nervous system of sports.

When Horst
Dassler and Stanley Rous

understand that Havelange has won over the
majority of the non-European federations,

it is already too late.

In 1974, in Frankfurt, Sunday
Times journalist Keith Botsford

covers the FIFA congress
where he follows Stanley Rous.

I saw him that
very morning at breakfast.

I asked several harmless questions. �I
asked him, did you have a good breakfast,

did you eat well? �What do
you think's gonna happen?

And he said, that son
of a bitch is gonna win.

That morning he already
understood? �Yes, he understood.

The new president
of FIFA is Mr. Havelange.

The FIFA of Joao Havelange
opens a new page in its history.

Television as a medium was on the verge of
entering almost every home on the planet.

Each day FIFA should light a candle in
honor of the man who invented television

because it's the catalyst for football.

Above all the catalyst
for FIFA is definitely TV.

Television delivers football
to billions of people.

It's thanks to this medium that FIFA
became extremely rich overnight.

The new
president decides to make

television channels pay
to broadcast the matches.

At that moment, the value
of TV rights skyrocketed

and also the diverse ways of making money

with football with the FIFA
image, with FIFA's names,

its mascot, advertising, sponsoring.

He's without a doubt responsible
for transforming football

into an international
billion dollar business.

Right away we realized we'd changed
eras, that football had changed forever,

that from Havelange on it
would be something else.

FIFA globalizes its business.

Television rights become the primary
source of income for the organization.

And to bring in even more money the new
president wanted to attract major sponsors

who are always seeking more visibility.

Joao Havelange wanted to
approach what was already

the biggest brand in the
world at that time, Coca-Cola.

Patrick Nally led these
very strategic negotiations.

I spent 18 months of my
life working with Coca-Cola

to talk to Coca-Cola about
how FIFA and football

could be a very unique
opportunity for them

in Africa and Asia and other territories.

And of course, Coca-Cola
had never heard of FIFA.

This is a predominantly
U.S.-based organization

so what was FIFA, who is FIFA? �They
didn't know and understand FIFA at all.

So, we had a lot of
explanation to do to explain

what this international
federation was about.

Coca-Cola back in the early '70s,

all of their publicity and
promotion was done local,

at local levels so we created
the FIFA Coca-Cola program

as the first example of how
the whole Coca-Cola world

could come together and work together
on a single one language one sport.

From 1976, Coca-Cola becomes
the official sponsor for FIFA.

The contract is worth $6 million,

unheard of in this new marriage between
the worlds of sports and business.

Pepsi Cola, the main
competitor of Coca-Cola,

was previously well
established in football.

This brand disappears under
Coca-Cola's steamroller.

So, it was the first time that Coca-Cola

had looked at doing something
on an international level.

So, we had to change the whole
philosophy of the Coca-Cola company

to get Coca-Cola to
commit to that agreement.

Another brand grows thanks to big mass
media organized by FIFA. �It is Adidas.

Its charismatic head Horst Dassler
supported Stanley Rous in 1974

but Dassler is a pragmatic man. �He
pledges allegiance to Joao Havelange

immediately on his arrival
as the head of FIFA.

The result, Adidas is everywhere.

The brand's turnover explodes.

For 10 years,
there was no contract.

No papers were signed between
Havelange and Adolf Dassler.

It all ended with a simple handshake to
decide how much Adidas should pay to FIFA

for exclusive sponsorship
rights for the World Cup.

That's why for many years
it was almost impossible

to know how much money FIFA was taking in

because it was all based on this trust.

It's a mafia-like system

in the sense that it's
all between friends.

We agree on a deal and it's done.

The troubled
relationship between

Havelange and Dassler would worsen over
time, finally mixing together their

business and personal interests.

In 1982, Horst Dassler
founded ISL in Switzerland,

a new company completely
separate from Adidas.

Dassler was a very clever man,
who having sold all the boots

in the world and all
the strip wanted more.

He realized there was value in sport.
�Television wanted it and the price

was going up all the time, if
you could control the sale,

and so he set up the ISL company.

ISL, led by Horst Dassler, becomes an
intermediary in this new TV rights market.

ISL buys the rights to the FIFA
World Cups. �It then resells them

to television stations around the world.

On the way, ISL takes in a
comfortable cash commission.

This very lucrative business attracts
the interests of other companies such

as the U.S.company IMG
belonging to Eric Drossart.

In 1995, IMG dreams
of taking ISL's place.

We proposed two billion Swiss Francs, one
billion Swiss Francs for each World Cup.

In terms of past deals
concerning TV rights

this was quite an exceptional offer.

A billion per World
Cup. �It was a record.

But FIFA, working with Dassler and
ISL didn't even respond to this

extremely attractive financial proposal.
�In the end, years after ISL's coup,

Drossart finally does succeed
in winning the contract.

The president came into the executive
commission's conference room.

He said I have bad news and good
news. �I'll start with the bad news.

IMG made a higher offer, about 10%
higher than our friends at ISL.

The good news, I'll tell you right
away. �I contacted our friends at ISL.

And they've decided to align themselves
with the higher offer. �So, there it is.

Rigged bidding,
bribes, no transparency.

Joao Havelange ensures that World Cup TV
rights remain ISL's exclusive territory.

The Scottish journalist, Andrew Jennings,

spent 10 years investigating
FIFA's dealings.

IMG didn't pay bribes,
they'd pay you the best money

for your television and marketing rights.

Well that isn't what FIFA
and Havelange wanted.

Because if you go into the marketplace
and I've got the World Cup here,

what are you prepared to offer? �That
marketing company, that one, that one,

that one, make your bids. �They
didn't do that. �They stayed with ISL.

They never went to market
rates. �ISL would pay the money.

IMG, they never
stood a chance in football

because ISL was always sure they'd obtain
their rights through the corruption.

Everyone knew that ISL was privileged

but the corruption then wasn't
as visible as it is today.

To win and retain
the market on TV rights,

ISL paid bribes to many
FIFA senior officials.

Years later, ISL officials acknowledged
this during a trial in Switzerland.

It's scandalous. �It's
proved that in today's money

they paid $150 million
to sport officials.

But worst yet, we don't know who
pocketed the $120 extra million.

We still don't know.

Under the table bribes from ISL were sent
to bank accounts located in tax havens.

Naturally the identity of all
recipients remains secret.

Despite these precautions,
some names have come to light

including that of the president of FIFA.

They made a mistake,
they sent a bribe from ISL,

instead to Havelange's private
bank account, they sent it to FIFA.

It's a bank record, you can't destroy
a bank record, it stays there.

They tried to get the bank to
throw it away, no they wouldn't.

This $1 million payment was sent to
Joao Havelange at FIFA headquarters.

It is the only bribe to
have been proven by the law.

But many suspect the former president
of pocketing tens of millions of Euros.

Havelange
pocketed huge sums from the ISL.

It's even possible that at the time
�Adidas founded ISL just to put people

like Havelange in their pocket.

After the ISL case, FIFA
decided to no longer delegate

the management of television rights.

For 24 years, Joao Havelange
directed FIFA with an iron hand

and ran it single handedly.

But in order to manage daily
affairs, he needed a confidant.

In 1975, he chose a Swiss
national, Josef Blatter,

known as Sepp Blatter.

A graduate of the prestigious
HEC business school,

Blatter had a short stint
with the watchmaker Longines

as public relations director before
being hire by Horst Dassler at Adidas.

At Adidas, he
learned to manage payments

and he got an introduction into the sports
world. �Later, after a short training,

Sepp Blatter moved to FIFA,

first as technical director
then as Secretary General.

The Havelange
Blatter duo worked immediately.

The first decided and the
second executed his orders.

Under the leadership of Joao
Havelange, Blatter personally took care

of the worldwide development
of football in Africa.

He also created new competitions like
the World Cup for the under 20 year olds.

For years, Blatter mainly worked
on cultivating relationships

with major sponsors like
Adidas or Coca-Cola.

Sepp Blatter slowly became
the, to Joao Havelange.

And although Blatter owes him everything
he dreams of becoming number one himself.

In 1994, when Havelange decides
to run for president again,

Sepp Blatter doesn't
hesitate to stab his mentor

in the back to try to take his place.

Sepp Blatter
introduced himself to UEFA

saying I don't want to work with the old
guy, Havelange is too old to be president.

Gerhard Aigner, former
Secretary General of the UEFA,

remembers Sepp Blatter's
surreal intervention perfectly.

We asked him directly, is it
true that you're a candidate

against your own president?

And Blatter answered at that
meeting, yes, if the UEFA backs me.

He was asked to leave the meeting

and the UEFA executive committee
needed only five minutes

to decide that we would
not support Blatter.

Blatter's betrayal soon reaches
the ears of Joao Havelange.

When Havelange found out that his boy was
a traitor, was trying to cut him down,

he couldn't sack Blatter
'cause Blatter knew too much.

He was controller of the secrets.

Sepp Blatter knew perfectly well that
Joao Havelange was taking money from ISL.

He knew it was his
protection from being fired.

So, they sacked two other people.

As communication director, I was exposed,
that's part of the job, so they fired me.

To turn the page they needed a scapegoat.

Joao Havelange
and Sepp Blatter would

manage the crisis on
their own and seal a deal.

They preferred
an agreement as accomplices.

They decided that in 1994
Havelange would be reelected,

Blatter would stay where he was, and
in 1998, Havelange would leave after

having prepared the post
for Blatter to step into.

As agreed, Joao Havelange is reelected
in 1994 as the president of FIFA.

As for Sepp Blatter, he
bides his time patiently.

The expected scenario
takes place in 1996.

That day, Havelange officially
announces his retirement.

He is 80 years old.

My mission as FIFA president comes
to an end at the same time as

the World Cup 1998 in
France comes to an end.

I have a clear conscience because
in the 24 years I've served FIFA

and football with my administration

and those who've accompanied me,

we have changed football
around the world.

Sepp Blatter has been waiting
for this moment for a long time.

But in front of the cameras he plays
his role well and feigns surprise.

I'm sad that he will
leave because I cannot

imagine that FIFA will
be run without him.

21 years together, this
forges not only friendship

but this forges also
a union like a wedding

and I first have now to
digest this information.

In 1998, Sepp
Blatter's time had finally come.

Yet one man is about to block his path.

The former French football champion
Michel Platini, triple golden ball winner

and 1980s football superstar.

At the time, Platini was co-chairman

of the organizing committee
for the World Cup in France.

But his term ended and he was
dreaming of directing FIFA.

But Sepp Blatter will dissuade him.

Sepp Blatter
who's already three steps ahead,

convinces Platini that he's too young

and basically tells him I'm presenting
my candidacy, you'll be my number two,

my insurance with the athletes. �You'll
learn with me and we'll campaign together.

And that's what happened.
�Everything okay, Josef?

Players will participate in
all decisions around the world

from Mr. Blatter's platform and
mine, too. �That's the priority.

With Michel Platini as a guarantee
among the players and coaches,

Blatter leads his campaign.

And to ensure victory, he relies like
Havelange had done 20 years before

on the vote of the African
federations that he knows well.

He promises them money. �Sepp Blatter
launches a new development program,

the Goal Program.

The Goal Program is based
on the following principle,

the federations present a project, maybe
the construction of a training center,

or of a federation headquarters, and
these projects will be financed by FIFA.

The Goal Program was a central element
in promising Sepp Blatter would

win his presidential election in 1998.

The Goal Program promised
$1 million over four years

to each nation that signed up for it.

For the 1998 election, Blatter's
opponent is Lennart Johansson,

president of the UEFA.

On the eve of the vote, neither
candidate is sure to win.

So, Blatter buys his election.

He would send close collaborators
to this Paris hotel in the night.

Many of the African delegations were
housed here during the congress.

Gerhard Aigner, close
to Lennart Johansson,

is about to go to bed when he
receives a strange phone call.

That day we
were informed late at night

that something was happening
at the Meridien Hotel

and that we should go meet them there.

I went with two or three members
of our executive committee

and we met with the Africans.

One of the African
representatives was even crying.

He explained to us that at the
hotel, there had occurred an action

to take over the African federations.

Money was paid? �They
couldn't say it overtly

but we understood that to be the case.

Mr. Lennart Johansson, 80.

Mr. Josef Blatter, 111.

Ladies and gentlemen, the delegates,

thank you for electing me
to the FIFA presidency.

Thank you very much.

The new president first thanks
Michel Platini for his valuable help.

He then offers him the role of
personal advisor. �Platini agrees.

Platini shakes hands with Sepp Blatter
saying how much will you give me?

Blatter responds, how much do you want.

And they shake on one
million Swiss Francs a year

for a job whose
responsibilities remain obscure.

Platini had a hard time explaining
what he was hired to do,

a sort of lobbyist and organizational job
rebuilding the future FIFA's calendar.

Between 1999 and 2002,
Michel Platini works for FIFA

but he refuses to move to Zurich.

This is what drives his critics
to talk about job complacency.

Michel Platini's close
friends firmly defended him.

He tries getting into contact
with all of the federations,

trying to humanize football. �And he
works a great deal, I've sene this.

It's not just a story. �I won't
cover a story that doesn't exist.

Of course it helps the affairs of some

to say he doesn't do anything,
that he plays golf all day.

But that's false, he travels a lot.

The support of Michel Platini was
decisive in the election of Sepp Blatter.

The latter dons his FIFA
presidential hat with gusto.

His predecessor had allowed
the organization to thrive

thanks to television broadcasting rights.

Blatter raises the stakes.

FIFA raises the price of its
rights by tenfold overnight.

In 2002, during the World Cup in Japan
and Korea, television rights alone bring

in 1.6 billion Swiss Francs to FIFA.

The new president keeps
his campaign promise

and distributes FIFA gains
among the 209 federations.

For the first time, direct money
transfers to the federations take place.

Before that, there'd never been a direct
flow of money to the national federations.

But it began at that moment.

FIFA became Santa Claus for
the national federations,

offering money, training,
trips, privileges.

The FIFA president
became the man who could

offer gifts to the 209
federations each day.

Since 1999, nearly 700 projects have been
approved by the FIFA development committee

such as the construction of a
technical center in Tunisia,

a stadium in Estonia, or a seat
for the federation of Bangladesh.

Sepp Blatter distributes millions from
FIFA to the four corners of the planet.

He hopes to gain personal benefit.

He dreams notably of winning
the Nobel Peace Prize.

Palestine is his favorite playing field.
�In 2008, he offers a brand new stadium

to play international matches.

Blatter multiplies meetings
with Palestinians and Israelis

to facilitate exchanges
between the two peoples.

Is FIFA in a position to solve
such a sensitive political problem?

Ostensibly, the development
programs are a great success.

But behind this respectable facade,
the reality is very different.

We're in Cameroon, one of the
biggest football countries in Africa.

Cameroon has participated seven times in
the World Cup, a record on the continent.

Since 2002, FIFA has given a lot of money

to the country's federation,
more than $20 million,

officially to develop
football in Cameroon.

For example, five years ago, the
Cameroon Football Federation announced

the construction of a new
headquarters, a $6 million project.

Work on the new headquarters

for the Cameroonian Football
Federation began in 2012.

Construction was started with great pomp.

They said it would be a
futuristic headquarters.

From 2012 up to now, the project
has never been completed.

Delivery was slated for 2013.

FIFA would have sent the money to the
Cameroon Football Federation's accounts.

Along with several colleagues,
Antoine de Padoue slammed the door.

When we left the federation in 2013, we
left about $4.5 million in the account

for the construction of
the FECAFOOT project.

There was a plan, everything they
needed. �Today nothing's been done.

All the money's been squandered.

Jean Lambert
worked for six months

as Secretary General of the
Cameroon Football Federation.

He was fired after having
denounced corruption.

The embezzling phenomena is a major
sport for Cameroon's Soccer Federation.

This money coming from
FIFA is uncontrolled funds.

FECAFOOT's leaders used
this money at their will.

They don't think they have to justify
themselves. �Imagine that a person goes on

a mission for an undetermined period.

He goes to a hotel, lives there with his
wife, children, and his whole family.

They eat and drink all they want.

And without any justification
for the spending they do.

But the Cameroon football officials
have a ferocious appetite.

The projects launched by FIFA rarely
succeed and are never completed.

Notably, the organization had planned

to use one million Euros
to build an ultra modern

national technical center
with several football fields.

Today, it consists of an almost
empty shell, two abandoned buildings,

and one synthetic field.

Even when we look hard, we can't seem to
find the millions FIFA gave to Cameroon.

When you look at FIFA's silence with
regards to all this embezzlement,

you think FECAFOOT and their allies in
FIFA have perpetrated something completely

criminal on Cameroonian football.

It's true that FIFA says they
have an audit organization

and that this FIFA audit office follows
up on all the use of all of the funds.

But their audits are false.

You don't have to be an expert
accountant. �All you need to do is go look

at the facility with your own eyes

and you'll see that the planned
project was never built.

For the election of FIFA's president, each
of the 209 member states has one vote.

In this game, the African Confederation
weighs in heaviest with 54 votes.

All the projects Blatter started
for football's development were done

with another priority
in mind, his reelection.

Wasting of
development programs, fraud,

embezzlement, all this was
clearly denounced within FIFA

in 2002 during an
incredible press conference.

For the first time, an
international report

directly implicates Sepp
Blatter, it's a shock.

The accuser, Michel
Zen-Ruffinen is none other

than the Secretary General
of the organization.

Before an expressionless Sepp
Blatter, he then recommends a cleanup,

something unheard of at FIFA. �In
a confidential report of 30 pages,

I have identified a lot of problems.

There could be corruption
within the organization.

I clearly ask now the
president to provide

the respective answers
to me so that we can

enter the new era of
FIFA with a clean record

which at the moment and in my
opinion is definitely not the case.

Thank you. �I denounced a great
number of things in that report.

I ha lots of elements. �At the time
already lots of things weren't working

and we could have corrected them.

Michel Zen-Ruffinen
and other senior executives

in the organization request
Blatter's resignation.

During the press conference
the discomfort is palpable.

This is not an easy World
Cup. �Let us work on that.

I can't leave, I don't want to because
I'm elected up to the next congress.

I don't want to abandon my
position before this congress.

The congress will decide
who stays as president.

Sepp Blatter is humiliated.
�The one he said he treated like

his own son had betrayed him. �Michel
Zen-Ruffinen, a Swiss national,

hailing from the same Canton as
Blatter, is guilty, according to him,

of the worst villainy. �He has
disclosed family secrets to the public.

The impression in the world of sports was
always that he was in a separate world

meaning that in his entity, in his
bubble you could say, a sport bubble,

all decisions could be taken completely

independently with no
outside interference.

In Blatter's mind, that's
his notion of the family.

The idea was no outside control
is possible in FIFA's affairs.

A month after the release
of the Zen-Ruffinen report,

the FIFA family meets
to elect its president.

Thanks to the unwavering support
of the majority of federations,

Sepp Blatter retains power again, yet
it is no longer the father but the son

whose future in the
organization is in peril.

We will see what happens.
�Do you personally have

a future with FIFA if Mr. Blatter wins?

We will discuss that after the
congress, okay. �How do you expect

the result of the elections to
be? �It's a political question.

I do not answer political questions.

Unsurprisingly, Sepp Blatter is
reelected. �Thank you so much.

And without hesitation he takes
measures to protect the family secrets.

Michel Zen-Ruffinen leaves FIFA. �As for
the report, it is definitively buried.

In the report, there were many
elements that should have been treated.

If they had been treated it would
have improved the situation.

The term corruption, you don't want
to use it? �No, I don't want to.

Why? �I don't have the right to
speak with that term. �And if you do?

I'd be breaking
my confidentiality agreement.

What they asked is that after
leaving the organization

I would not speak about
elements cited in the report.

I committed myself to that
and I'm sticking to it.

You're saying there was
a financial agreement?

It's more of a global agreement
including financial elements.

If your question is, did I take an
indemnity to sign it? �The answer is no.

They owed me a portion of my salary, they
paid it, and that's all there is to it.

There is a code of silence
within FIFA, an omerta.

Internal affairs are resolved
secretly, behind closed doors.

The press has often compared FIFA

to another organization
with similar practices.

Of course the mafia is
famous for murders and drugs

and things and that's
a little bit different

but from a governance perspective,
from a leadership perspective,

that is the right model. �It is, we'll
take care of our own justice internally,

we'll take care of our own community
and we don't need any outside influence.

So, there are some parallels.

In 2002, after this episode, several
senior FIFA executives were fired

along with Michel
Zen-Ruffinen. �The Swiss appeal

but it is never followed up. �The
case is closed by the Ministry

of Justice of that country.

These sports associations are a big
part of the prestige of Switzerland.

I think there's a sense that
they are very lucrative.

They bring in, even the nonprofits,
bring in a lot of revenue

because there's tourism and conferences
and FIFA's very powerful in Switzerland.

These are open secrets about corruption
in FIFA and what's Switzerland doing?

Very little. �I think it's a matter
of national pride and reputation.

Switzerland is very proud that it's

the home of so many
international organizations.

But when your pride gets in the way
of your honesty, that's a problem.

FIFA reserves
now stand at $1.5 billion.

It's wealth has given the organization
incredible power in Switzerland

but also around the world.

Wherever he goes in the world,
Sepp Blatter is received with great

fanfare by major heads of state who want

to have those World Cup
billions for their country.

When awarding a competition,
FIFA imposes its conditions.

When FIFA organizes a World Cup
they insist that funds flow freely,

they insist that visas be
given to all participants,

and the free importation of all
their merchandise must be guaranteed,

meaning FIFA must be able to transport
anything it wants without any control.

A national association that wants to
be granted the World Cup must accept

the full exoneration of
the World Cup's business

in its territory or risk not
being granted the tournament.

That shows the power of sports

and how it takes precedence
over the nation's regulations.

No organization besides FIFA has
the means to suspend the judicial

and legal statutes of entire nations.

With a World Cup, FIFA
creates activity and wealth.

Organizer countries earn great sums.

Not to mention the prestige.

Some countries would therefore be
desperate to reap the benefits.

Even to the point of buying them.

1998 in France, 2006 in Germany,

each time the awards
process is questioned.

In 2010, it's South
Africa that is selected

to host the tournament, a first for
Africa. �Sepp Blatter is delighted.

South Africa will deliver the best
ever World Cup in the history.

It will not be the same then in Germany

or in Japan and Korea but
it will be the best ever

because it will be the African World Cup.

On the surface, the allocation
was transparent and legal

with Nelson Mandela as moral support.

The image was beautiful, historic.

But behind the scenes,
things were much more opaque.

South Africa had bought the
World Cup for $10 million.

It all began in 2004. �That year, there
were two big favorites in the running,

Morocco and South Africa.

A FIFA personality then enters the game.

His name Jack Warner. �He is
the president of CONCACAF,

the football federation of North America,
South America, and the Caribbean.

Jack Warner controlled a large bloc vote.
�FIFA is nothing more than the leadership

that incentivizes FAs with gimmes
and handouts and political favors.

And because of that, if you're a person
who's able to marshal a lot of votes,

you have a lot of power and
that's who Jack Warner was.

I met with Jack
Warner two or three times.

Jack Warner came to Morocco
and explained the situation.

He said I've always been
very fond of Morocco

and I've never received
anything from you.

If Morocco wants my vote
now, you'll have to pay me.

He came here accompanied
by his wife on the pretext

of an official visit about the tournament
and he wanted a sign from Morocco.

He said, I want to know
who my friends are.

I'm in a position where I
must take care of my friends

and I want to know if
Morocco is my friend.

Morocco is candidate for
the fourth time in a row.

To win, it would be
willing to pay bribes.

This story was told to British
journalists at the Sunday Times

by one of the members of the
FIFA executive committee.

The deal would be simple. �One
million in Jack Warner's pocket

and in exchange the CONCACAF
votes are for Morocco.

The Moroccan Najib Salmi confirms
these revelations through hints.

Did Jack Warner
get an envelope from Morocco?

What I think
from my powers of deduction

and my intelligence which is quite
average, I think that yes, he did.

When money changes hands, we're not
there to see it. �Where did it come from?

Who gets it? �We don't know.
�But it's probable? �Probable?

Of course it's probable.

On election day, the Moroccans
don't doubt their victory.

Didn't they pay a million dollars for it?

The night of May 13th, a
Friday about nine p. m.,

we thought Morocco has the World Cup.

We counted the votes
because we knew the voters.

We announced to our delegation that the
results would be made public at 10 a. m.

But at eight a. m. we learned
that South Africa had won.

Despite the million dollars from
Morocco he would have pocketed,

Jack Warner would have played both sides

because South Africa had offered
more money to Jack Warner.

$10 million if we are to
believe this document.

An official letter sent to FIFA
by the South African government.

The $10 million would
apparently be destined

for the development of
South African football

in the Caribbean. �But the money
sent by the South Africans was

transferred into the bank
accounts of CONCACAF,

accounts controlled by Jack
Warner. �In London, where is an MP,

Damian Collins is a member of the
international association New FIFA Now.

I don't believe that the money that was
sent to CONCACAF was going to be used

for football development projects with
the African diaspora in the Caribbean.

I think this was a ruse by Jack Warner
to get money into his association

and that was his price for supporting the
South African bid to host the World Cup.

If South Africa gave this sum, it
was payment for services rendered.

Would you give $10 million to someone for
nothing? �Why did they give this money?

Was it philanthropy? �I don't
believe it. �I think it's corruption.

Could Sepp
Blatter have not known

that South Africa had bought
the World Cup in 2010?

The famous letter from the South
Africans had been sent through FIFA.

The recipient was none other than Jerome
Valcke, Blatter's faithful right arm.

If Blatter didn't know about the $10
million do you think that South Africa

would have sent the $10 million through
the office of FIFA's Secretary General

to be forwarded to
Jack Warner's CONCACAF?

This couldn't be done without
Blatter, it's impossible,

or else Blatter would be a mere puppet.

As for the obscure dealings of Jack
Warner, they were an open secret at FIFA.

Jack Warner has had allegations

of improprieties swirling
around him for years

and Sepp Blatter's always
looked the other way

and never been too
interested in what those

particular allegations
are or the specifics.

And again, it's willful
blindness on his part

and that's what's so
troubling about Sepp Blatter.

If he didn't know, he'd
be a bad president.

When you're at the center like him, and
you see all that's happening around you,

and you pretend to know nothing about
it, either you're a weak president,

which is not his case, or you're lying.

The
allocation biased World Cup

had long been a well kept
secret in the world of football.

The general public knew nothing
of the trading and influence

which engaged some most
senior officials of FIFA.

Everything changed in December 2010.

The winner to organize the
2022 FIFA World Cup is Qatar.

On December 2nd, 2010, we
saw that money had triumphed.

The moment Sepp Blatter took the name
from the envelope for the 2022 World Cup

and the paper said Qatar would be
the host of the 2022 World Cup,

I think even the last doubter realized
that something was not right in all this.

Qatar, a small
kingdom with a tiny landmass.

Located in the wealthy Persian Gulf.

One of the last areas to
be conquered for FIFA.

Qatar and its promotional
campaign of $250 million.

It's extraordinarily audacious.

Qatar could pay for everything.

Even Zinedine Zidane was
paid in the millions of Euros

to defend the colors
of the small Emirate.

I think it's the moment for the
Middle East to host the World Cup.

It just became too much after the Qatar
bid, it was you know, people said enough.

This is not a transparent organization.
�How could this possibly happen?

Why is the world's most beloved sport
in the hands of this organization?

On paper, Qatar didn't stand a
chance of winning their candidacy.

Due to the lack of infrastructure

and the human rights situation
in the small Emirate.

And then it its far too hot in the
summer in Qatar to play football.

Temperatures can climb to
over 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Chilean, Harold Mayne-Nicholls,

responsible for examining
the FIFA nominations in 2010,

gave Qatar the worst rating.

His report also points out dangers for
players to participate in a World Cup

in this country in mid summer.

The executive committee
basically made this decision

and again the bidding
document was specified summer.

There's no doubt about
it. �It said summer.

And they voted for a
summer World Cup in Qatar

knowing that the Harold
Mayne-Nicholls report

suggested that it was
completely inappropriate.

It's too good to be
true. �From the start,

Qatar's victory fuels
suspicions of corruption.

And it's London that will come out
with a very first concrete accusation.

Six months after the disputed vote,

journalists from the Sunday
Times say evidence supports it.

The Qatari Mohammed bin Hammam, a member
of the executive committee of FIFA,

was paid about $5 million to buy the
votes of several executive members.

In the wake of these
startling revelations,

the organization has no choice but to
permanently remove Mohammed bin Hammam

from any football related activities.

Mr. bin Hammam has been a very
controversial figure in this organization.

His activities suggest that the Qatar
World Cup award may be wholly invalid.

It can't be valid.

However, the Qatar
World Cup is not affected.

But in 2011, FIFA is facing
an unprecedented crisis.

And in this very difficult year,
it must elect its president.

Again Sepp Blatter has fully locked
in the vote. �He takes a fourth term.

Before the general public, an
outstanding tactical expert,

he pretends he's only just discovered
�FIFA's terrible corruption problems.

I thought we were in a world of fair
play, of respect, and discipline.

But unfortunately I now
see that it's not the case.

It's no longer the case
because our pyramid,

the famous FIFA pyramid
is now shaking at its base

and there is a danger present.

But this time,
the pressure is too strong.

Blatter can no longer cover
up the corruption scandals.

To save face and give the image
of a FIFA ready for cleaning out,

he calls upon a man deemed incorruptible,
former U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia.

Officially Garcia has all the power

to investigate the cases
for Qatar and Russia,

a country chosen to organize
the World Cup in 2018.

I see the issue and the challenge
being getting folks to come in,

getting witnesses, getting documents,
and making sure we use the authorities

that we now have to do that. �My
being available and making people

available to talk and hear complaints,
I can assure you that will get done.

Garcia was the response
to the growing anger

about the severity of the allegations
into the World Cup bidding process,

the allegations that bribes
had been paid to officials.

So, FIFA's response was
to set up Michael Garcia.

They were seeking to try and persuade
people they were serious about reform.

But in reality, the means of
action from Michael Garcia

and his five investigators
are extremely limited.

He had no judicial powers, his,
was strictly limited to people

who worked within football, so
even consultants that had worked on

the World Cup bids were not
part of his investigation.

Some countries just
didn't cooperate at all.

Spain and Portugal, they
didn't cooperate with him.

The Qatari and the bid was
limited to what he could give

and the Russians gave nothing.

The Russians wouldn't even let
Michael Garcia go to Russia.

Despite these obstacles,
Michael Garcia manages to make

his investigative report to FIFA.

400 pages in which he
points out serious problems

that he would like to make public.
�I think that the more that is public

and the more people can see what is
done and agree with what was done

or disagree with what was done,
then those issues can be resolved

and the organization can move on.
�So, it should be less secretive?

He submitted his report and the rumor

is that he was hoping that
it would be made public

but instead what happened was
Judge Eckert summarized it

which is a very strange thing
to do with a legal document,

you wouldn't normally
summarize a document.

They wouldn't publish his full report.

They published a summary of
it which in Garcia's view

did not reflect at all what
he'd said in his own report.

Two months later, Michael Garcia
slams the door at FIFA, angry.

True reform doesn't come from adding rules
or creating new committee structures,

it comes from changing the
culture of the organization.

That is the vision needed to light
the path forward for ethics in sports.

Thank you very much.

To date, The Garcia report is
still classified top secret

and the former U.S.
Attorney is contractually

held to silence about his work with FIFA.

The willingness to
change was an illusion.

Things could have continued exactly as
they were except for the determination

of the authorities of
one particular country.

That country was the
United States of America.

FIFA's troubles with the law
began in Washington, D.C.

in this building, the
headquarters of the FBI.

In 2011, U.S. investigators
are on the trail of a man,

Chuck Blazer, the big boss of
football in the United States.

Blazer is the Secretary
General of CONCACAF,

the federation of North and
South America and the Caribbean.

He works with Jack Warner,
president of this federation.

Blazer is one of the most
senior executives at FIFA

and he is not only known for that.

In the world of football,
he is nicknamed Mr. 10%.

They call him Mr. 10% because he took 10%
of all of the contracts and all the deals

that he helped negotiate for CONCACAF.
�And because he was the general secretary

he was behind most of the deals and
he made a lot of deals for CONCACAF

and for FIFA also.

Chuck Blazer lives in New York

in the center of Manhattan
on prestigious 5th Avenue.

He leads an incredible lifestyle in one
of the most famous towers in New York.

He rents several apartments. �But
Chuck Blazer mixes his personal

accounts with those of the CONCACAF.

His rent was covered,
his car was covered,

his chauffeur was covered,
his maid was covered.

Everything was covered by FIFA money.

Well, he was a person of tremendous
excess in his personal life.

He traveled first class, he lived in Trump
Tower in an $18.000 a month apartment.

He had an apartment just for his
cats. �That one cost $6.000 a month.

Chuck Blazer diverts money from FIFA but
he pays no taxes in the United States.

This is what tips of
the tax administration

and the FBI quickly suspects him of
racketeering and money laundering.

They decide to arrest Chuck Blazer.

To save his own neck, he ratted out every
other contact he had in CONCACAF and FIFA

he recorded secretly for
years after that once

the FBI stopped him to save
himself from a jail term.

Blazer agrees to become a mole for the
FBI. �He'll wear a wire under his suit.

Everyone in FIFA, he had something like
44 names on his target list from the FBI

and these were people he spent a
lot of his time socializing with.

And one of the targets he threw a birthday
party for at a restaurant in Manhattan

while he was recording this guy.
�So, yeah, he had very few scruples

about turning in his
friends and acquaintances.

From the U.S., the police listen
to hours and hours of recordings.

They recover thousands of sensitive
documents revealing the money trail.

These people, it appears,
are using U.S. banks

to process their illicit transactions and
that's where the United States steps in.

In 2011, the United States hopes to be
chosen to organize the World Cup in 2022

but it loses to Qatar.

That is why today many FIFA leaders
accuse the U.S. of wanting revenge.

Sepp Blatter himself would
have supported this view.

Fact or conspiracy theory? �The U.S.
authority's case is strong enough

to bring the Swiss courts to cooperate.

Earlier today, Swiss
authorities in Zurich

arrested seven of the defendants
charged in this indictment

including the current
president of CONCACAF.

In May 2015, on the eve
of the 65th FIFA congress,

Loretta Lynch, Attorney
General under Barack Obama,

launched a spectacular
dragnet operation in Zurich.

Seven of FIFA's directors are
arrested in a single stroke.

Though U.S. enforcement is unpopular
in so many other areas of politics,

when the United States began
investigating FIFA, the world applauded.

I had a student in my
class, a German student,

who stood up one day in class and said
on behalf of all German soccer fans

and soccer fans across Europe, let
me just say thank you United States

for what you're doing in FIFA.

I've never heard an exchange
student, a foreign student,

thank the United States for
anything in class before.

The American justice system lifted
the veil of corruption within FIFA.

Since 1991, over $150
million has been allegedly

pocketed by senior executives
of the organization

in under the table payments and
paybacks. �At the end of September 2015,

in the new turn of events, Sepp
Blatter is targeted for the first time

with criminal proceedings in Switzerland
for mismanagement and breech of trust.

Immediately some of the biggest FIFA
sponsors, including Coca-Cola, the oldest,

and McDonald's demand
Blatter's resignation.

Between 2010 and 2014, Coca-Cola and
McDonald's each paid $30 million a year

to FIFA for marketing
and sponsorship rights.

The sponsors have been in bed
with FIFA from the beginning

and they've both benefited massively
from this exponential growth.

The sponsors, yes, put
their money behind FIFA

while knowing that it
was systemically corrupt.

The goose that laid the golden egg has now
become a most disgraceful organization.

People will put pressure
on companies like Coca-Cola

particularly in the markets in
Europe and the United States

to say, well, you've got to
speak up, you've got to act,

you've got to threaten or actually
withdraw your financial support from FIFA

otherwise we won't buy your products.

And I think that is where
the pressure has come.

One brand is at
the heart of the legal turmoil,

it is even accused of
having paid under the table

to enjoy the visibility of the World Cup.

This story takes place in Brazil.

Five times world champion, the
national team set generations

of fans dreaming worldwide.

In 1996, Nike pays 160 million Euros

to put its swoosh on the
Brazilian player's shirts.

But Nike would also pay
stratospheric bribes

to the leaders of the
Brazilian federation

officially for renegotiation
of their contract.

A Brazilian
company that served as middle man

received over $40 million
for doing nothing.

It's a farce because the Nike contract
already existed. �It was just renewed.

What's this company doing if
the contract already existed?

The two parties already knew each other.

In fact, it's a means
for Ricardo Teixeira,

president of the Brazilian federation and
his successors to keep for themselves 10%

of the sum of the contracts.

Ricardo Teixeira, president of Brazilian
football between 1989 and 2012.

When he is made head,
Teixeira is none other

than the son in law of Joao
Havelange, then FIFA president.

Targeted by various affairs,
Teixeira has to resign from his post.

Brazil should
have been the first country

to show an example of decent,
honest, dignified football.

But in reality it's the exact opposite.
�It's the most corrupt country.

In 2014, hosting
the World Cup in Brazil

costs $11 billion to Brazilian taxpayers.

It is the most expensive one ever
organized. �In Brazil, for example,

the renovation of the stadium
cost nearly $900 million,

triple the amount originally planned.
�Much of this money was diverted

obviously using a system of phony
companies and fake invoices.

During their dragnet in Zurich in May
2015, U.S. police arrest Jose Maria Marin,

Ricardo Teixeira's successor at the head
of the Brazilian football federation,

also indicted for corruption.

All Brazilians are grateful
to the FBI for their work.

Today, the former
president of the Brazilian

Football Confederation is in prison.

And personally I believe this
will have a domino effect.

In Brasilia, Romario sees this
opportunity to request the establishment

of a parliamentary commission of
inquiry. �He was appointed chairman.

There is hope the CPI commission
will clean up Brazilian football.

But we know our politicians and the
influence they have. �I'm very skeptical.

I've worked on this subject for years.

I've already denounced
corruption affairs in the CBF.

Today, it's hard to say I
believe in a resolution.

Will FIFA succeed
in organizing a big cleanup?

In the beginning of 2016, the
FIFA's leadership is done for.

Sepp Blatter is suspended as
president and risks legal charges.

Before leaving office, Blatter
took care to bring down

his successor Michel Platini.

Platini, the friend turned rival
from this famous press conference.

I said listen, Sepp, we started
together in 1998 in Singapore.

We agreed on FIFA's future. �We have
won together, we've worked together,

today I'm asking that you
quit FIFA, that you resign.

Leave FIFA because its image is bad.
�We can no longer go on like this.

But since, Michel Platini is caught
up by a curious story of money.

There's talk of a transfer
of almost two million Euros

received from Sepp Blatter in 2011 with
no contract signed between the two men.

Michel Platini's candidacy
disintegrates in mid flight.

February 26th 2016 in Zurich.

Five candidates are vying to replace Sepp
Blatter but their pedigrees are puzzling.

They all came up within
the Sepp Blatter system.

You can't proceed with the current
leadership and expect a different outcome.

I don't think we can
allow people to stand up

and say I have been involved
in FIFA for the last 10 years

through all of these scandals but now,
now I'm going to change everything.

I don't think that's credible.

What FIFA needs is new leaders,
new blood, and new ideas.

We have a cultural problem at FIFA.
�FIFA doesn't need more rules,

they don't need more committees,
they need a cultural fix.

The only way to do that is to
bring in people from the outside.

During the course of our investigation,
we solicited Sepp Blatter

and several FIFA officials
on numerous occasions.

Our requests for interviews
remain unanswered.

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