Chuck: Fifa bribes evidence left me with no choice

Chuck Blazer, the man who brought the latest Fifa bribe scandal to a head, insists he had no choice but to shop two of his fellow executive committee members.

Jack Warner from Trinidad & Tobago and Asian federation chief Mohamed bin Hammam have both been suspended from all football-related activity by Fifa’s ethics committee.

The furore erupted over allegations that the pair had offered $40,000 parcels to Caribbean football officials in exchange for votes for bin Hammam, who had been due to contest Wednesday’s Fifa presidential election against incumbent Sepp Blatter.

Blazer was the man who drew attention to the alleged bribery – and he indicated that his overarching benevolence and unimpeachable integrity left him with no choice but to blow the whistle on his former comrades.

He said, “I sat next to Mr Bin Hammam for 15 years in FIFA and have been general secretary of the (CONCACAF) confederation with Jack for 21 years so of course it was difficult. But what is more difficult is to ignore the fact that attempts were made to suborn members - it really wasn't a choice."

He added: "I said to Jack, 'What are you doing? In 21 years we have never bought a vote, we have had elections and been in office all that time and never bought a vote'.

"I said, 'Now you have allowed this to happen here it completely changes the entire dynamic of the confederation'. Once you have done that you have let the genie of the bottle and for any issue that comes up, people will say, 'Okay, how much are you putting on the table?'"