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# Fifa vice-president Jack Warner warns of 'football tsunami' due to
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investigation into bribery
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## Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has warned that a "football tsunami" will
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hit the world governing body over the next few days.
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![Fifa vice-president Jack Warner warns of 'football tsunami' due to
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investigation into bribery][1]
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War of words: Jack Warner (left) and Sepp Blatter (right) are going head to
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head Photo: AFP
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By Telegraph staff and agencies 12:53PM BST 28 May 2011
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[Comments][2]
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President Sepp Blatter will appear at a Fifa ethics committee hearing tomorrow
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to answer a complaint by his rival for Fifa president Mohamed Bin Hammam, who
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faces a separate charge of bribery along with Warner.
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The presidents of Concacaf and Afc, the regional governing bodies for North
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America and the Caribbean and Asia respectively, have both denied the
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corruption allegations made by fellow executive committee member Chuck Blazer.
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Blazer claims that the violations of Fifa's code of ethics occurred during a
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meeting organised by Bin Hammam and Warner for Caribbean Football Union (Cfu)
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associations in Trinidad two weeks ago.
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Bin Hammam made a complaint on Thursday that Blatter knew about the alleged
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cash payments in the Caribbean and under their code, the ethics committee had
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to summon Blatter to answer that charge.
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Judgement on the three most powerful men in football will be passed tomorrow
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and Warner believes Fifa is about to be rocked to the core.
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## Related Articles
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* [Blatter in line of fire as Fifa crisis deepens][3]
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* [Platini may step up if Fifa charges stick][4]
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* [Robertson: Fifa election 'a farce'][5]
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* [Blatter denies framing Bin Hammam][6]
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25 May 2011
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"I tell you something, in the next couple days you will see a football tsunami
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that will hit Fifa and the world that will shock you," he told reporters in
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Port of Spain.
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"The time has come when I must stop playing dead so you'll see it, it's
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coming, trust me. You'll see it by now and Monday.
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"I have been here for 29 consecutive years and if the worst happens, the worst
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happens."
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Warner insisted he is not guilty of a "single iota of wrongdoing".
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Asked whether he would be prepared to walk away from Fifa, he retorted: "If
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that is what it comes to, so be it, you must never get too attached to
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anything.
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"It clouds your judgment and therefore whatever happens, happens, que sera
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sera. I am not even remotely bothered.
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"I had planned to leave Saturday morning in any case because I have meetings
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on Sunday afternoon.
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"They can do what they want, it doesn't bother me".
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Warner and Bin Hammam face lengthy bans should Blazer's allegations be proven
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tomorrow.
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And Warner believes Blazer, the Concacaf general secretary, is still upset
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over the United States' failed bid to host for the 2022 World Cup.
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"There has been some resentment still and the feeling is that I should not be
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talking to [Bin Hammam] or his friends," he said.
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"I voted for the US like Mr Blazer and I, like Mr Blazer, was devastated over
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the fact that the US lost.
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"But I will not allow that to impugn Mr Bin Hammam's character or to destroy
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our friendship. I am not that kind of person and if Mr Blazer and they want to
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do that, let them go ahead."
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He added: "I have been in Fifa for 29 consecutive years, I was the first black
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man to have ever been in Fifa at this level.
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"I have come from the smallest country ever to be on the Fifa executive
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committee. There is no country smaller than Trinidad and Tobago on Fifa's
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executive committee.
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"I am wielding more power in Fifa now than sometimes even the president, I
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must be the envy of others.
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"In terms of football history my country does not even have one and therefore
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there are people out there who would ask why should I be there and what is my
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role.
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"So I become the butt of all kinds of attacks and I accept this without any
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kind of anger because I understand people, this is the nature of human
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beings."
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## [Football][14]
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* ### [Sport »][15]
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* ### [International »][16]
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countdown to controversial presidential elections][18] ][19]
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### [Fifa allegations: a timeline][19]
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### [Jack Warner: profile][21]
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[![Mohamed Bin Hammam: profile of the Qatari under investigation over bribery
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allegations in Fifa presidential race][22] ][23]
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