Football: ‘Bin Hammam must quit’
Not only Bin Hammam, but Fifa’s entire executive committee should resign: Peter Velappan, AFC former general secretary
SINGAPORE:
Asian football president Mohamed bin Hammam should follow Fifa vice-chief Jack Warner and quit the sport after both were suspended over bribery claims, said a former official. Peter Velappan, the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) former general secretary, said not only Bin Hammam, but Fifa’s entire executive committee should resign as the sport seeks to clean up its image. “I would suggest in the interests of Fifa and global football the entire Fifa executive committee must resign and open up a new chapter for football for the future,” Velappan told AFP in Singapore. “In the same way, for the future of Asian football, Bin Hammam should resign.”
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2011.
Asian football president Mohamed bin Hammam should follow Fifa vice-chief Jack Warner and quit the sport after both were suspended over bribery claims, said a former official. Peter Velappan, the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) former general secretary, said not only Bin Hammam, but Fifa’s entire executive committee should resign as the sport seeks to clean up its image. “I would suggest in the interests of Fifa and global football the entire Fifa executive committee must resign and open up a new chapter for football for the future,” Velappan told AFP in Singapore. “In the same way, for the future of Asian football, Bin Hammam should resign.”
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2011.