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According to a transcript of his plea that was unsealed earlier this week, he told a judge that as a member of FIFA's executive committee he was approached by someone offering to buy his vote awarding hosting rights to Russia for the 2018 World Cup. He said he tried to collect the bribe after the vote, but failed to get it.
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