Blatter says Sarkozy helped Qatar land 2022 World Cup
Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter reiterated his claim that then-Uefa president Michel Platini’s support for Qatar’s bid set in train a series of attacks on the Fifa chief that led to his unceremonious removal from the job he had held for 17 years. ― Reuters pic
Blatter was speaking the day after Fifa was urged to launch an investigation into claims it was offered a secret television deal by Qatar’s state-run broadcaster Al-Jazeera just three weeks before it awarded the tournament to the Gulf state.appear to show that Al-Jazeera executives signed the television contract before the bidding campaigns to host the World Cup had finished.
“Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup after the political intervention of president Nicolas Sarkozy, who asked Michel Platini and his supporters to vote for Qatar,” Blatter told AFP. Despite an extensive campaign featuring then-British prime minister David Cameron and Prince William, England was eliminated in the first round of voting for the 2018 World Cup, leaving Russia to defeat a joint Spain-Portugal bid by two votes in the second round.
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