The outcomes and any fallout from the sensational arrests on Wednesday of eight high ranking F.I.F.A. officials in Zurich, are yet to filter down to the Football Federation Samoa (F.F.S.).
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F.I.F.A. is the international governing body of association football (soccer), futsal and beach soccer.
Yesterday, the Chief Executive Officer of F.F.S., Faumuina Michael Kapisi said there have been no discussions to date on the matter.
“We are still waiting for information to come through from the Oceania Football Confederation’s President, Vice President or C.E.O.,” he said.
With elections for the F.I.F.A. presidency scheduled for Saturday, (Samoan time) it was expected that the Oceania Football Confederation, New Zealand Football and Football Federation Australia would vote for the 79 year old incumbent, Toleafoa Sepp Blatter.
After all, under his presidency, dating back to 1998, the region has received generous funding despite widespread claims against the global organisation of corruption which have been unproven, until now.
has been happening under his watch and while there are no guarantees that his rival for the job Jordanian’s Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein would be better, Football Federation Australia announced overnight that they will be voting for the Prince on Saturday.
Meanwhile with the majority of European nations are poised to vote for the Prince, the New Zealand Football Federation is reportedly under pressure to also show solidarity with Australia and vote the same way.
Additional reporting by Staff Writer
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