Chung Mong-joon: I could be banned for challenging Sepp Blatter

FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon says he is facing a 15-year suspension from the organisation’s ethics committee because he dared to challenge Sepp Blatter’s authority.

Chung Mong-joon: I could be banned for challenging Sepp Blatter

FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon says he is facing a 15-year suspension from the organisation’s ethics committee because he dared to challenge Sepp Blatter’s authority.

Chung, a former FIFA vice-president from South Korea, has also revealed England’s 2018 World Cup bid leader Geoff Thompson told ethics investigators he had agreed a vote-trading deal with the Koreans.

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