TOKYO, June 2 (Reuters) - World soccer's scandal-hit governing body FIFA needs to have the 'pus' squeezed out of it but president Sepp Blatter will not be asked to resign by its executive committee, new Japanese committee member Kozo Tashima has told local media.
Nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with running a criminal enterprise that involved more than $150 million in bribes.
"It's a fact that there have been rumours and stories (about possible corruption) for a long time," Tashima was quoted by the daily Mainichi Shimbun as telling reporters on arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Monday.