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Blatter has called an "extraordinary congress" to elect a new president._ by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Aug 25, 2015 4:01 AM UTC  FIFA president Sepp Blatter speaks during the preliminary draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg on July 25, 2015 FIFA president Sepp Blatter speaks during the preliminary draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg on July 25, 2015Dennis Grombkowski—Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Aug 25, 2015 4:01 AM UTC FIFA’s soon-to-be-ex-president Sepp Blatter, embroiled in a massive investigation into corruption within the governing body of global soccer, said this week that he is “clean.” “I have my conscience and I know I am an honest man,” he said [in an interview with the BBC](http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34044182). “I am not a worried man.” Blatter has been [under investigation](http://time.com/3906705/sepp-blatter-corruption-investigation-fifa-resignation/) since early June in a scandal that has seen 14 FIFA officials indicted for financial irregularities totaling more than $150 million over two and a half decades. He [resigned from his post](http://time.com/3905860/sepp-blatter-fifa-president-resigns/) despite having been re-elected for a fifth consecutive presidential term, but will continue to serve as president until a successor is elected early next year. “I \[resigned\] because I wanted to protect FIFA,” the 79-year-old told the BBC. “I can protect myself. I am strong enough.” **Read next:** [These Are the 5 Facts That Explain the FIFA Scandal](http://time.com/3910054/fifa-scandal-sepp-blatter/) The Swiss-led corruption probe is also looking into how hosts for the soccer World Cup were chosen, with the awarding of the quadrennial tournament’s next two editions — in 2018 and 2022 to Russia and Qatar respectively — under particular scrutiny after former FIFA official Chuck Blazer [admitted](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/sports/soccer/soccer-official-chuck-blazer-admitted-accepting-bribes-for-world-cup-votes.html) to accepting bribes for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Blatter said he is not “morally responsible” for Blazer and [other corrupt officials](http://time.com/3908729/fifa-jack-warner-revelations/) and told the BBC that the 2010 World Cup “the cleanest World Cup that has ever been done.” He also defended FIFA, saying the global soccer federation will emerge unscathed from the “tsunami” of allegations. “The institution is not corrupt,” Blatter said to the BBC. “There is no corruption in football, there is corruption with individuals, it is the people.” \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34044182)\] **Read next:** [A South Korean Billionaire Wants to Be FIFA’s Next President ](http://time.com/3979709/fifa-president-chung-mong-joon-hyundai/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4009308/sepp-blatter-corruption-investigation-fifa-soccer-football/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4009308/sepp-blatter-corruption-investigation-fifa-soccer-football/"},"headline":"'I'm Clean,' Says Outgoing FIFA Boss Sepp Blatter","datePublished":"2015-08-25T04:01:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:58:03.772Z","description":"His organization faces a massive graft probe","url":"https://time.com/4009308/sepp-blatter-corruption-investigation-fifa-soccer-football/","keywords":["Soccer","South Africa","russia","corruption","Qatar","World Cup","FIFA","Sepp Blatter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt988b93ef2d9c3fa1/698860b3cf40a820f4c3f60e/gettyimages-481909696.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt988b93ef2d9c3fa1/698860b3cf40a820f4c3f60e/gettyimages-481909696.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Preliminary Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia","caption":"Preliminary Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia","creditText":"Dennis Grombkowski—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/soccer/","name":"Soccer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4009308/sepp-blatter-corruption-investigation-fifa-soccer-football/","name":"'I'm Clean,' Says Outgoing FIFA Boss Sepp Blatter"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA president","description":"FIFA president Sepp Blatter will resign, he announced at a press conference Tuesday. 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