FIFA’s leading investigator Michael Garcia is set to interview 12 members of the executive committee who voted in favor of Qatar hosting the 2022 World Cup.

The move comes after reports on Tuesday linked former vice-president Jack Warner with receiving millions of dollars from a Qatari company, owned by Qatar’s FIFA executive Mohamed Bin Hammam, just days after FIFA’s executive committee decided to hand the tiny Arabic nation the showpiece tournament. Qatar’s 2022 World Cup organizing committee has defended its bid and stated it adhered strictly to all the correct regulations.

Only 12 of the current 24 members who voted back in 2010 are still on the board, including President Sepp Blatter, with many resigning while under investigation or being banned from the exec. committee altogether.

Following these serious allegations surrounding former FIFA executives, the fact that world’s soccer governing body is now stepping in, years after the fact, seems a little bizarre. But at least they are taking it seriously. We hope. We’ve seen multiple cases and allegations of corruption, bribery and wrongdoings at the very top of the game, which needs to be dealt with swiftly and with maximum severity. In their defense, FIFA have been extremely busy bunnies trying to sort all this out. Sadly both internal and external investigations into their daily workings have been commonplace for some time.

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Many soccer fans around the world are calling for a re-vote in the 2010 vote to have the World Cup in Russia in 2018 and then in Qatar four years later. Will we see that happen? I doubt it.

FIFA have gone too far down the line with preparations in both countries to call it off now, but if they did… the United States of America, England, Australia and Germany have all been touted as countries who can host a tournament of that scale at the drop of a hat. That is another debate we’ve had time and time again.

Safe to say, the outcome of this investigation is crucial as to the where the 2022 World Cup will be held. Stay tuned.

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