FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has brushed aside Monday night's controversial BBC Panorama programme insisting he has no interest in the claims made.
Panorama accused Warner of seeking to buy World Cup tickets to pass on to touts - although the programme accepted he did not actually do so.
Asked about his reaction to the Panorama programme, Warner said: "I really have no interest in this matter... now or ever."
Warner's importance to the England bid is such that Prime Minister David Cameron has invited him to lunch before the vote on Thursday.
The three accused by Panorama of taking bribes were African confederation president Issa Hayatou, whose vote England 2018 had high hopes of capturing, Brazil's Ricardo Terra Teixeira and Nicolas Leoz of Paraguay.
Warner is the subject of accusations that he "ordered [2010 World Cup] tickets costing 84,240 US dollars from the FIFA ticket office but the deal subsequently fell through".
The four men are all part of the 22-man committee who will vote on the 2018 and 2022 hosts on Thursday. However, Panorama say their investigation was in the public interest and defended the timing of the programme.
A spokesman said: "The programme is in the public interest and shows that some FIFA executives involved in making decisions about the 2018 bid have a history of taking bribes - and that FIFA has consistently failed to act.
"Delay until after the bid was not an option once it became clear that the winning nations might have been chosen by officials with a proven track record of corruption."
England are up against Russia, Spain/Portugal and Holland/Belgium for 2018, with Australia, Japan, USA, South Korea and Qatar bidding for 2022.
Source: PA
