LEAD: Blatter says some executive members could lose their job

Nov 20, 2011, 16:13 GMT

Berlin - The president of football's controlling body FIFA Joseph Blatter on Sunday said that some members of the FIFA executive committee could lose their position once as file regarding the insolvency of a former marketing partner is made public.

In an interview published Sunday in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Blatter said not that many people were involved in the ongoing saga surrounding the ISL insolvency. 'But it does look like some people won't be able to stay on the executive committee.'

He also admitted that the organization has an image problem.

Blatter said that it was necessary to bring the image of FIFA back to the same level as football. 'Football has a very positive image.'

He told the newspaper that he had made mistakes, but said that was inevitable that a person who works a lot makes mistakes. 'One thing I would never do again is allow the executive committee to award two World Cups at once.

'It led to a conflict of interests because everyone was able to vote, even if their own country was involved in the bidding. That was a mistake.'

The Swiss national said that they had decided that the World Cup host would no longer be elected by the executive committee, but rather by the FIFA congress.

Blatter added that he could not be held accountable for the actions of the executive. 'The members are elected by the six confederations.

'They have varying concepts of ethics and morals. I didn't choose them and I can't be held accountable for their actions. I'm the figurehead of this organisation but I'm not a dictator.'

He said that he would welcome it if the executive members are elected by the congress. 'They should just be recommended by the confederations and elected by congress.

'The Transparency and Compliance task force will ensure the new executive committee members are ethically and morally sound. FIFA will demand a solid character reference,' he said.

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