{"id":156883,"date":"2015-10-02T20:10:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T20:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=156883"},"modified":"2015-10-02T20:10:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T20:10:15","slug":"coca-cola-and-mcdonalds-say-fifa-boss-must-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/coca-cola-and-mcdonalds-say-fifa-boss-must-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Coca-Cola and McDonald’s say Fifa boss must go"},"content":{"rendered":"
Coca-Cola and McDonald\u2019s have called for Sepp Blatter to step down immediately as Fifa president.<\/p>\n
American drinks company Coca-Cola said: \u201cEvery day that passes Fifa\u2019s image and reputation continues to tarnish.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fast-food chain McDonald\u2019s, also a key Fifa sponsor, said Blatter\u2019s resignation would be \u201cin the best interest of the game\u201d.<\/p>\n
Blatter, who is due to stand down in February 2016, is the subject of a criminal investigation.<\/p>\n
Last week the Swiss, 79, said he would not stand down before February despite the criminal proceedings being opened against him by Swiss prosecutors.<\/p>\n
He is accused of signing a contract that was \u201cunfavourable to Fifa\u201d and making a \u201cdisloyal payment\u201d to Uefa president Michel Platini.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Coca-Cola and McDonald\u2019s have called for Sepp Blatter to step down immediately as Fifa president. American drinks company Coca-Cola said: \u201cEvery day that passes Fifa\u2019s image and reputation continues to tarnish.\u201d Fast-food chain McDonald\u2019s, also a key Fifa sponsor, said Blatter\u2019s resignation would be \u201cin the best interest of the game\u201d. Blatter, who is due […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":156884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3],"yoast_head":"\n