Candidates loyal to the banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are attempting to become president of an organisation on edge over the opportunity of yet more arrests,while confederations face up to their own need to reformCall it the Baur au Lac vigil. Every morning from 4am this week, a handful of vivid lights have cut through the chilly fog at the gates of the five-star hotel on the shores of Lake Zurich as broadcasters stake out the entrance in case Swiss police swoop for a third time on the once impregnable domestic of Fifa’s top brass. Each distant police siren has brought a twitch, or whether not from the massed media then from some of those inside.
There was a time when Switzerland was rather proud of being the domestic of Fifa,an understated luxury brand alongside the chocolatiers and watchmakers. No longer.
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Source: theguardian.com