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Graham Taylor: The poison at the heart of FIFA
GRAHAM TAYLOR today reveals how corruption is second nature at the heart of FIFA.
Graham Taylor, now a Daily Express columnist, was stunned by the practices at the organisation when he joined the FIFA Technical Committee during his time in charge of the England team. He was openly encouraged to charge expenses to FIFA for travel and other costs that were already being paid by the Football Association.
“I was petrified that I might lose my job,” he said last night. “I refused to do it.”
But when he made the FA aware of his experience, he discovered some senior figures at the association knew about the ruse – and had their snouts in the same trough.