FIFA chief, Sepp Blatter, has confirmed that the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating alleged corruption in the football body.
The probe reportedly involves ex-FIFA executive committee members, American Chuck Blazer and Trinidadian Jack Warner.
But Blatter says the investigation is “nothing against me” and he plans to visit the U.S. in June, 2016.
That visit will coincide with next year’s Copa America tournament.
“I know, and this everybody knows, that in the U.S., there is an investigation against former people that have been in my government,” Blatter said.
The 79-year-old Swiss last visited the U.S. in May 2011 for a meeting of North American confederation Concacaf, and it had been suggested – including in an ESPN documentary this week – that he had deliberately stayed away since then due to the probe.
However, Blatter, who is currently running for a fifth term as president of football’s world governing body, said: “I will be there if elected. Even if not elected, they will invite me I am sure.”
