ZURICH, May 29 (Reuters) - Four FIFA executive committee members accused by former English FA chairman David Triesman of seeking favours for votes have been cleared, soccer’s governing body said on Sunday.
Triesman, who ran both the English FA and its 2018 World Cup bid until last May, told a parliamentary inquiry this month that Jack Warner of Trinidad & Tobago, Nicolas Leoz of Paraguay, Ricardo Teixeira of Brazil and Worawi Makudi of Thailand had engaged in “improper and unethical” conduct.
FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke said on Sunday an independent report commissioned by the FA did not back up the allegations.
Reading excerpts from the document, Valcke told reporters: “I have just got the FA report…and I hope FIFA will agree to make it public because all the people here…are completely clean of all the allegations made by David Triesman a few weeks ago.
“I’m glad the person appointed by the FA took time to hear not only Triesman but also David Dein, Simon Johnson, Andy Anson and other people who were part of the bid.”
Russia triumphed in the race to host the 2018 World Cup, with England securing just one vote besides that of its own delegate when FIFA’s executive committee decided the issue last December.
Triesman, who ran both the English FA and its 2018 World Cup bid until last May, told a parliamentary inquiry this month that Jack Warner of Trinidad & Tobago, Nicolas Leoz of Paraguay, Ricardo Teixeira of Brazil and Worawi Makudi of Thailand had engaged in “improper and unethical” conduct.
FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke said on Sunday an independent report commissioned by the FA did not back up the allegations.
Reading excerpts from the document, Valcke told reporters: “I have just got the FA report…and I hope FIFA will agree to make it public because all the people here…are completely clean of all the allegations made by David Triesman a few weeks ago.
“I’m glad the person appointed by the FA took time to hear not only Triesman but also David Dein, Simon Johnson, Andy Anson and other people who were part of the bid.”
Russia triumphed in the race to host the 2018 World Cup, with England securing just one vote besides that of its own delegate when FIFA’s executive committee decided the issue last December.
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