FIFA Ethics Chief Welcomes FBI Investigation

The chairman of FIFA's ethics committee has welcomed the FBI investigation that has plunged football's world governing body into crisis, saying it will help reform the organisation.

Speaking exclusively to Sky News, German judge Hans Joachim-Eckert said he has not spoken directly to the FBI but hopes they will share their findings with him.

"This is a state investigation. It is an investigation into FIFA and I do not have the same power," he said.

"I think it will help and they will give me the results of the FBI investigation, and that will help me."

Judge Eckert has overseen FIFA's internal investigation into corruption allegations arising from the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

He is currently making redactions to a full report compiled by American investigator Michael Garcia, who last November resigned in protest at Eckert's summary of his work.

Asked when he will release the report he said: "I will publish the Garcia report when I have finished my work. We are really heavy working."