Sepp Blatter ‘offered Fifa role to Burundi president’

Fifa ex-president Sepp Blatter says he was asked by the Swiss authorities to help ease Burundi’s political crisis by offering the country’s president a job. In a new book, Mr Blatter says he offered keen football fan Pierre Nkurunziza an ambassadorial role in exchange for the leader stepping down. Mr Nkurunziza declined and won a … Continue reading Sepp Blatter ‘offered Fifa role to Burundi president’