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FIFA's chief investigator Michael Garcia will interview the remaining members of the executive committee who voted for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, according to a Press Association report.
Only 11 of the 24 members -- plus FIFA president Sepp Blatter -- who voted in December 2010 in are still on the committee, with the others having either retired or been banned or resigned while under investigation.
Garcia, a U.S. attorney who is the head of the investigatory chamber of FIFA's ethics committee, is in Zurich this week ahead of an executive committee meeting on Thursday and Friday.
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Last September, Garcia said his probe into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups would see investigators interview representatives of every bid team. Interviews have already taken place with a number of officials who worked on England's unsuccessful 2018 bid.
Press Association, citing anonymous sources connected to FIFA, say Garcia will now interview all the remaining executive committee members still in office, plus Blatter.
The interviews will focus on the bidding process and look into any allegations of wrongdoing and breach of bidding rules including collusion between bids.
Garcia's interviews come after a report that the FBI is investigating payments from a company owned by Qatari Mohamed Bin Hammam to fellow former FIFA member Jack Warner and his family. Both men left FIFA in disgrace following a 2011 corruption scandal.
Qatar's 2022 World Cup organising committee said its bid committee strictly adhered to FIFA's bidding regulations.
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Lazio slap €15m price tag on Keita
Lazio forward Balde Diao Keita will not be leaving Stadio Olimpico for less than €15 million, according to the player’s agent.
The 19-year-old arrived at the club from Barcelona for mere €300,000 back in 2011, but his price has since increased a great deal.
The youngster has shownplenty of potential this season and he has already scored 4 Serie A goals for the Bianconcelesti.
This has seen him catch the eye of Manchester City and Liverpool, but interested sides have been told they will have to delve deep into their pockets if they plan to sign the Senegalese forward.
“If he was to leave Lazio, we will never find a club in Italy that will buy him, assuming the important figures that Claudio Lotito would ask for,” agent Ulisse Savini told Radiosei.
“How much is he worth? If a say a price Lotito will contradict me. But at present, according to my judgement, he cannot be worth less than €15million.
“I think Keita would be fine with a future in English football. I think that it is much better there than in Germany, for example.”
Keita has a contract until June 2017 at Stadio Olimpico and chances are Lazio will not be looking to sell any time soon.
The forward has featured in 16 league matches this season, starting 6 of those games, and managed to score 4 goals in the process.
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