Sepp Blatter blames Michel Platini backing out of a secret FIFA pact to award the 2022 World Cup to the United States.

Blatter's allegations in an interview with the Financial Times come almost a year after a FIFA ethics investigation exonerated 2018 host Russia and 2022 winner Qatar of corruption in winning the contentious dual votes in 2010.

Blatter is provisionally suspended from the FIFA presidency while under investigation for financial wrongdoing.