Joseph ‘Zepp’ Blatter is of the leading football functionaries of the recent decades. He served as a secretary of FIFA since 1981 until he was elected as a President of the organization in 1998 (Web). Mr. Blatter has been 4 times re-elected for this position. However, he willingly announced the resignation from the post in June 2015 due to the arisen scandals concerning corruption in FIFA (Web). Mr. Blatter pleasantly agreed to answer several questions regarding the issue.
Question 1
Joseph Blatter (J.B.): Thank you for your question. Indeed, when I became the President of FIFA, I was aiming at changing certain ...