" They said : 'the head must fall !' I handed over my mandate, and suddenly the FIFA was no longer seen as an organization mafia by the american courts, but as a victim, " said the Swiss of 84 years.

barely re-elected, Blatter had given its mandate on 2 June 2015, shortly after the arrest of several officials of FIFA in Zurich. In October of the same year, he was suspended by the commission of ethics of FIFA.