PHOTO: Diego Maradona weighs in on FIFA arrests, calls Sepp Blatter a 'thief'
Reuters
Diego Maradona has spoken, and he's saying what most of the football world is thinking.
The Argentine icon, commenting after several top FIFA officials were arrested in Switzerland on Wednesday – part of a group of 14 who now face federal corruption charges in the United States – had a simple, biting label for the president of football's governing body.
Diego Maradona has his say on the #FIFAarrests. (via @Facebook) pic.twitter.com/zTimHWleXN
— KICKTV (@KICKTV) May 27, 2015
Blatter, who is widely expected to be re-elected for a fifth term as FIFA president on Friday, was not among those charged.
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