Former Argentinian football star Diego Maradona on
Friday accused FIFA’s former president, Sepp
Blatter, of stealing while at the helm of the
international football association.
Friday accused FIFA’s former president, Sepp
Blatter, of stealing while at the helm of the
international football association.
Maradona compared him with a former government
official imprisoned for corruption in Argentina,
claiming that Blatter has more money
than Jose Lopez.
Lopez was Argentina’s public works secretary
during the governments of Nestor Kirchner (2003 to
2007) and his wife Cristina Fernandez (2007 to
2015).
He was arrested on Tuesday while trying to hide
millions of dollars in a monastery.
The former World Cup champion asked Loretta
Lynch, the U.S. Attorney General investigating
corruption within FIFA, to come to Argentina so that
she could see things for herself.
He said a former Argentina football executive, Julio
Grondona, who is already deceased, was the one
who taught Blatter to steal.
Maradona, 55, said the current FIFA president,
Switzerland’s Gianni Infantino, was “saddened” by
the situation involving the football association.
“Infantino has asked me to collaborate.
“Both in FIFA and in the AFA (Argentine Football
Association) dynamite has to be thrown in so that a
fresh start can be made.
“Infantino was saddened. He could not do anything
at all from outside of FIFA,’’ Maradona noted.
