Warner warns of 'football tsunami'

28 May 2011 14:00

FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has warned that a "football tsunami" will hit the world governing body over the next few days.

President Sepp Blatter will appear at a FIFA ethics committee hearing on Sunday to answer a complaint by his rival for FIFA president Mohamed Bin Hammam, who faces a separate charge of bribery along with Warner.

The presidents of CONCACAF and AFC, the regional governing bodies for North America and the Caribbean and Asia respectively, have both denied the corruption allegations made by fellow executive committee member Chuck Blazer.

Blazer claims that the violations of FIFA's code of ethics occurred during a meeting organised by Bin Hammam and Warner for Caribbean Football Union (CFU) associations in Trinidad two weeks ago.

Bin Hammam made a complaint on Thursday that Blatter knew about the alleged cash payments in the Caribbean and under their code, the ethics committee had to summon Blatter to answer that charge.

Judgement on the three most powerful men in football will be passed on Sunday, and Warner believes FIFA is about to be rocked to the core.

"I tell you something, in the next couple days you will see a football tsunami that will hit FIFA and the world that will shock you," he told reporters in Port of Spain.

"The time has come when I must stop playing dead so you'll see it, it's coming, trust me. You'll see it by now and Monday. I have been here for 29 consecutive years and if the worst happens, the worst happens."

Warner insisted he is not guilty of a "single iota of wrongdoing".

Warner and Bin Hammam face lengthy bans should Blazer's allegations be proven.

Source: PA