FIFA’s soon-to-be-ex-president Sepp Blatter, embroiled in a massive investigation into corruption within the governing body of global soccer, said this week that he is “clean.â€
“I have my conscience and I know I am an honest man,†he said in an interview with the BBC. “I am not a worried man.â€
Blatter has been under investigation since early June in a scandal that has seen 14 FIFA officials indicted for financial irregularities totaling more than $150 million over two and a half decades. He resigned from his post despite having been re-elected for a fifth consecutive presidential term, but will continue to serve as president until a successor is elected early next year.
“I [resigned] because I wanted to protect FIFA,†the 79-year-old told the BBC. “I can protect myself. I am strong enough.â€