(Reuters) – The time has come to clean up soccer’s governing body FIFA “from top to bottom”, three-times world champion Pele said yesterday.
Asked in an interview with French newspaper Le Monde about corruption in Brazilian football, Pele said: “There is some clean-up that needs to be done, but not only in Brazilian football.
“Now is a good time to clean up FIFA, from top to bottom.”
FIFA has been plagued by corruption allegations in recent years, most notably with former Asian Confederation chief Mohamed Bin Hammam serving a lifetime ban after being accused of bribery while he was bidding to succeed FIFA president Sepp Blatter last year.
