FIFA President Sepp Blatter leaves after a news conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich in this May 30, 2011 file picture. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/Files
ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter is a master of getting out from tight corners and his federation's initial reaction to Wednesday's extraordinary events in Zurich suggested he has every intention of pulling off another great escape.
Football's governing body was thrown into disarray when several of its leading officials, including vice-president Jeffrey Webb, were arrested in a dawn raid at the luxury lakeside hotel which for years has pampered FIFA visitors.
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