a criminal investigation but has received the backing of
Bernie Ecclestone.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has insisted FIFA
president Sepp Blatter should remain in his role.
Blatter, who announced his decision to step down in June three
days after winning re-election and six after nine FIFA officials
were indicted on charges of racketeering conspiracy and
corruption, is suspended from his post.
The chief of world football's governing body was handed a 90-
day ban after the Swiss attorney general opened a criminal
investigation into an alleged "disloyal payment" made by Blatter
to UEFA president Michel Platini, who was also suspended by
FIFA, in 2011.
But Ecclestone told Russian television network RT: "I don't think
he [Blatter] should have ever stepped down. I don't think he
should have been challenged.
"If people allegedly have been corrupted to make things happen
in their country, it's good.
"It's a tax football had to pay."
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