Congolese FIFA official claims Germany also paid for right to host World Cup 2006 [RTL]

It’s all coming out of the woodwork now.

With the spectacular and groundbreaking arrest of top FIFA officials at the organization’s Swiss HQ this week, all the scandalous secrets of the murky world of FIFA are coming creeping out.

The charges leveled against the FIFA officials show what most people have suspected for a long time: that a systemic culture of bribing is at the heart of the World Cup selection process.

It’s been categorically established that the Qatar World Cup was awarded through bribery, and Russia 2018 is under suspicions of similar dark arts.

Speaking on French radio RTL this morning, the President of the Congolese FA Constant Omari (also a member of FIFA’s executive committee) claimed that Germany also bought the right to host the 2006 World Cup, but that this has never come out thanks to the clout and respect Germany enjoys in the world game, compared to the minnows of Qatar.

‘Germany bought the vote of Oceania, illegally, to earn the organization of the 2006 World Cup, but that’s not spoken about. When it’s Germany, nobody wants to speak about it.’

(Via So Foot)