initial reports indicated he was suspended. but his lawyers say if that was the case, he wasn t notified and he still considers himself the president of fifa and is prepared to serve. they opened criminal proceedings against him last months and the ethics committee is also investigating him. world soccer magazine joins us with more. thanks so much for chatting with us. so is he suspended or not and why are we hearing these different stories coming out of blatter s own camp? well, it was all rather messy yesterday. the situation is quite clear. what we understand from sources close to the people involved is that the investigation chamber has recommended a 90-day
bribery. and accused of taking $10 million. he has denied any wrong doing and threatened to turn whistleblower. let s bring in from world soccer magazine for analysis on this. he joins us from london. so jack warner is wanted in the u.s. on corruption charges but he has vowed to fight efforts to extradite him from trinidad to the united states. what is likely to happen at this extradition hearing later this morning, do you think? well the latest reports from trinidad suggest that the authorities there have not yet received the formal paperwork that they need. and expected that the hearing today would be a comparably short one. warner is on a bail of $2.4
of reading reports this morning. but the numbers stack up in blatter s favor because the people in those positions are too afraid of change, even when the rest of us seemingly are crying out for it. we appreciate it, thank you. alex thomas there for us? zurich. he he will continue to cover the meetings there. now more on the upcoming vote and fifa scandal, let s turn to gavin hamilton. he is in london, editor of world soccer magazine. thanks for joining us, gavin. i would like your take on blatter wanting to hold on to the reigns of fifa. he said, i cannot monitor everyone all the time. those corrupting football are in minori minority. what do you think about that comment and whether or not he should keep his job? . caller: well, it tells an awful lot about the man who devoted his life to fifa. he doesn t know any other life. and he is expert to stay on at fifa. he is determined to stay on at
fifa s president says misconduct has no place in football and vows the guilty will be put out of the game. this comes after u.s. and swiss authorities announce corruption investigations into the sports governing body. u.s. justice officials are accusing nine current and former fifa officials along with five corporate executives of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering. on wednesday, the u.s. attorney general laid out her case against these top football officials. now, in many instances, the defenders and their coconspirators planned aspects of this long running scheme during meetings held here in the united states. they used the banking and the wire facilities in the u.s. to distribute their payments and they planned to profit from their scheme in large part through promotion of efforts directed at the growing u.s. market for soccer. for more on this story, let s bring in the executive editor of world soccer magazine keira