Never," the former FIFA president said on Friday. Robustly defending his 18-year presidency, Blatter suggested FIFA now "promised too much money" to soccer bodies worldwide. Targeting Infantino's election promises to give voters more from World Cup profits, Blatter suggested "they don't have the money now in cash to pay it." (asterisk)Blatter approves of the 2026 World Cup co-hosting bid, though prefers each to get an equal share of games. (asterisk)He still has not traveled from Switzerland since a July 2015 trip to Russia for the World Cup qualifying draw.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 21, 2017 14:01 UTC