Fin Taylor
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That's like the brown sound.
I need to go to the toilet the whole time.
So, Russia bid for the World Cup in 2018.
England also bid.
Now, this is where the corruption starts to unravel.
Jack Warner, who's the president of CONCACAF, he controlled a unified voting bloc that essentially makes him a kingmaker within the organisation.
So England think they've got his support, but then ultimately they all go for Russia and Qatar.
But you promised.
You shook my hand.
The whole thing of England and Britain staying out of FIFA at the start, that we think they're better than it.
There's an arrogance there.
Yes, you're right.
It's kind of win-win, actually.
So Blatter made this unprecedented decision to vote on the 2018 and 22 World Cups at the same time, which means if you're bidding for 2018, you can trade your vote with someone for 22, so you can basically do a swap vote.
Right.
Also, Putin wants to reassert Russia as a world power.
He's invaded the Crimea at this point.
But again, that doesn't matter to FIFA, given that they've given it to Mussolini in the past.
Now, an MI6 spy, Christopher Steele, uncovers all the rumors, including valuable paintings from the Hermitage Museum are offered to FIFA executive committee members in exchange for votes.