Fifa vice-president Jack Warner warns of ‘football tsunami’ about to strike the governing body

FIFA Vice-President Jack Warner

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Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has defended himself ahead of his meeting with the ethics committee on Sunday, and spoke of a “football tsunami” heading towards the organisation.

The Concacaf chief has been accused of corruption and bribery surrounding the bidding process for the 2018 World Cup, but has denied any wrongdoing.

“I am not faint-hearted, you know. Let them go ahead, I have no problem with that,” the 68-year-old is reported to have said in Soccer Features.

“I will hold my head high to the very end because I repeat totally: I am not guilty of a single iota of wrongdoing.”

The latest controversy surrounding the Trinidad and Tobago-born executive is in relation to an e-mail sent to former FA chairman Lord Triesman, which asks for financial aid for the purchase of TV rights for Haiti.

The correspondence has been questioned and deemed inappropriate by Fifa, but Warner does not see the problem.

“What is wrong with that? A simple e-mail about Haiti to get some big screens, that makes news, boy I am amazed,” he said.

He also spoke of another revelation, that may come to pass in the next coming days and may shock Fifa.

“In the next couple days, you will see a football tsunami that will hit Fifa and the world and will shock you,” he added.

“The time has come when I must stop playing dead. So you’ll see it, it’s coming, trust me, it is coming by now and Monday.”

However, Warner added that if he is relieved of his position in world football’s governing body, he will not be overly phased by the decision.

“Fifa politics is far, far bigger than the politics you are seeing here in the Caribbean, it makes our politics look like child’s play,” said Warner.

“At the end of the day, if even the worst happens, I am still president of Concacaf.”

Current Fifa president Sepp Blatter and his direct opponent in the upcoming election on June 1, Mohamed Bin Hammam, will also be asked to answer questions before the ethics committee as part of the investigations.