Omertà Quotes

“LOS REPORTEROS no trabajamos para ser queridos. Es nuestra responsabilidad hacer preguntas duras a los ricos y poderosos”
― Andrew Jennings, FIFA. La caída del imperio: El libro que anticipó el mayor escándalo de corrupción del fútbol mundial

“Samaranch le dio a Horst Dassler todo lo que este quiso y privatizó los Juegos.”
― Andrew Jennings, Omertà: La FIFA de Sepp Blatter, familia del crimen organizado

“En ese momento, la sede de la FIFA pasó de ser el hogar del fútbol a convertirse en una tienda delictiva de lavado de dinero.”
― Andrew Jennings, Omertà: La FIFA de Sepp Blatter, familia del crimen organizado

“THE ROAR of the death blast on the Avenue of the Americas cannot be heard in faraway Johannesburg. With eight weeks to go to the opening game in Soccer City, Sepp Blatter and his South African capos have enough problems. Outraged by price gouging, fans are staying home. In the townships citizens protest every day; ‘Service riots’ send messages to politicians that public money should be spent on homes, water, sewage plants and jobs, not stadiums that will become white elephants. Why should they listen? They have the police beat back the protestors. The World Cup is good news for Danny Jordaan, leader of the bid and now chief executive for the tournament. Quietly, his brother Andrew has been given a well-paid job as Hospitality liaison with MATCH Event Services at the Port Elizabeth stadium. A stakeholder in the MATCH company is Sepp Blatter’s nephew Philippe Blatter. The majority owners are Mexican brothers Jaime and Enrique Byrom, based in Manchester, England, Zurich, Switzerland and with some of their bank accounts in Spain and the Isle of Man. The Brothers are not happy. Sepp Blatter awarded them the lucrative 2010 hospitality contract aimed at wealthy football patrons, mostly from abroad. If that wasn’t enough, Blatter also gave them the contract to manage and distribute the three million tickets. The brothers are charging top rates for hotels and internal flights and expected to make huge profits. Instead, they are on their way to losing $50 million. They plan to recoup these losses in Brazil in four years time.”
― Andrew Jennings, Omertà: Sepp Blatter's FIFA Organised Crime Family