There is no corruption in football – Blatter

The 79-year-old has been at the helm of affairs since 1998, with his tenure tainted with allegations of bribery and corruption.

Sepp Blatter has insisted that FIFA is not corrupt and claims he is leaving his position as president, in order to protect the world football governing body.

Blatter won a fifth term in June, but announced a few days later, that he was stepping down from the position,

A new president is expected to emerge in February 2016

“That’s not true, this has been created. The institution is not corrupt – there is no corruption in football,” he told BBC Sport.

“There is corruption with individuals, there is not a general organised corruption.

“It is with people, the institution Fifa is not corrupt. It’s not the institution, that’s why I can’t understand why the world’s media say Fifa is corrupt.”