Blatter's Fifa party wrecked as ethics investigator Garcia quits

The man tasked with cleaning up Fifa walks away from football and its lack of principles

Michael Garcia
(Image credit: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty)

Poor Sepp Blatter. No, really, pity the Fifa president who arrived at his luxury five-star hotel in Marrakesh at the start of the week looking forward to an end-of-year jolly only to be confronted with yet another huge crisis after Michael Garcia, the man tasked with cleaning up football's governing body, turned his back on the organisation.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up