Occasionally I check Fifa's website to see what they have to say about what the rest of the world is saying about them. I wonder if there will be a statement on the lines of, "we understand there are a lot of stories in the international media right now concerning allegations of corruption and bribery involving members of the Fifa Executive Committee and that many of these members have had charges laid against them by the American and Swiss Attorney Generals. However, while we assist with these investigations, we will not comment until the investigations are completed. And as far as the supreme leader is concerned, we hope that Andrew Jennings' latest Panorama programme, aired this week on BBC, finally gets him jailed and out of our offices. We are sick of having to polish his shoes everyday, pick up fresh caviar for him in a refrigerated truck everyday, clean his Brazilian marbled conference room with a toothbrush everyday, prepare a hot tub and steam room to the exact temperature that him and Michel like sharing it at and be sure to pay attention every Friday while he lists all his exact requirements of what he is going to spend his millions of Swiss francs on that weekend".
In all seriousness though, if there is any left when it comes to the joke that Fifa is slowly becoming, the latest stories on their website are dominated by the new-ish money maker, the Club World Cup starting soon in Japan. The Russia 2018 stories are very important: the kick-off times for the World Cup have been approved by the Fifa ExCo and the panel of judges to select the World Cup mascot has been announced. Considering that there are many European countries (especially, but not only European) that doubt that Russia 2018 will even happen, it's almost like the Russians and Fifa are operating in a parallel, fantasy universe.
And again, I say, with Fifa the entertainment never stops.
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