Blatter: “I don’t believe in conspiracy theories – I only believe in facts"

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has sent a letter to Germany’s Bild newspaper to clarify remarks he made in Switzerland’s Blick newspaper at the weekend in which he appeared to insinuate that Germany had only gained the 2006 World Cup due to malpractice.

Blatter said that the voting procedure which eventually saw Germany given the World Cup by just one vote was suspicious since one delegate left the room before votes were cast.