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"The popular outrage concerning FIFA in recent weeks has mainly been directed at me personally. I have no problem with this. I can defend myself," wrote Blatter in the column.

"However, I would appeal for fairness: I bear no responsibility for members of a government (the FIFA Executive Committee) I have not myself elected.

"The FIFA President must work with the people allotted him by the confederations. I therefore also bear no responsibility whatsoever for the behaviour of these ExCo members on their home turf," he added.

"Filling the office of President is ultimately only a sideshow, albeit staged in a glaring spotlight. I hope the Congress is not blinded by this, because FIFA’s future is at stake, no more and no less," wrote Blatter.

"In European circles there is only one topic: the presidential election.

"However, the reforms we have not yet been able to implement are in fact more important. This requires a clear statement of intent on the part of the Executive Committee and Congress.

"We need to change structures so they are above reproach," he added, repeating his call for independent integrity checks, the election of the executive by congress and term limits.

"To this day, the UEFA has no ethics committee, and the German association has no ethics committee," he noted.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/0...0PJ2G620150709

So there you go, Sepp Blatter has done nothing wrong

some nutty quotes in this as well...

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/0...0PJ10K20150709