Warner vows revelations on Blatter

Warner, in a letter to the Trinidad Guardian paper in his home country on Tuesday, also reiterated that he plans widespread revelations about FIFA, which he accused of racism and zionism, when the time is right.

 Warner quit the FIFA post and as head of the Americas confederation CONCACAF over bribery allegations in connection with Mohamed bin Hammam's campaign against Blatter for the job earlier this year.

 Warner alleged in the letter that Blatter had used him and Bin Hammam in his 1998 and 2002 campaigns for the FIFA top job.

 "I will talk about the bitter elections for the FIFA presidency in 1998 when Sepp Blatter faced his most telling rival in Lennart Johansson and the detailed reason for the support which was offered to him by both Mohammed bin Hammam and me.

 "We took him on a worldwide crusade through Africa and Asia begging for support for him, and he won!
   "That was the first time I met the present deputy chairman of FIFA ethics committee, Petrus Damaseb, at the time the president of the Namibia FA.

 "I will tell the world what gift Bin Hammam gave to him which was not a bribe then as he has ruled today. With Bin Hammam's private plane, we did the same for Blatter again in 2002 when he faced Issa Hayatou, in a most brutal election, and he won - a second time."
   Bin Hammam withdrew a few days ahead of the June 1 presidential election at FIFA after being suspended along with Warner and later expelled.

 Warner and Bin Hammam have protested their innocence and Bin Hammam's case is before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

 "I will talk about the racism that is within FIFA. I will talk about the levels of religious discrimination which I sought to correct. I will talk about the Zionism, which probably is the most important reason why this acrid attack on Bin Hammam and me was mounted," Warner said.

 Warner said he plans to make his revelations, initially announced before Blatter won his latest term, after the CAS rulings.

 "All the real 'gifts' that Blatter gave to secure his two elections will turn stomachs inside out," he said.

 "The truth is that there is much to be told about how the FIFA conducts its business and I have promised in the past a tsunami that would hit the FIFA, and indeed, it will come," he said.

 Warner said that FIFA "leaked" a video shown last week on the website of Britain's Daily Telegraph in which he is reportedly seen telling Caribbean officials it was acceptable to take payments from Bin Hammam.