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FIFA communications director leaves post days after Blatter joke

One of Sepp Blatter's key aides has quit his post at FIFA. Walter De Gregorio has stood down from...



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FIFA communications director leaves post days after Blatter joke

One of Sepp Blatter's key aides has quit his post at FIFA.

Walter De Gregorio has stood down from his role as director of communications and public affairs.

In a statement, FIFA said, De Gregorio had "decided to relinquish his office with immediate effect."

It comes days after he made a joke on live TV in Switzerland about the current corruption allegations FIFA is mired in, saying: "the Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, the director of communications and the general secretary are all sitting in a car – who is driving? The police."

However, he will still work for the governing body on a consultancy basis for the rest of the year.

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