Spyros Morangos, former official of the Cypress Football Association, has claimed he has evidence of corruption in the form of bribery involved in the selection of Poland and Ukraine as hosts for Euro 2012. He first made the allegations in a German newspaper in 2007, and said that he has tried for two years to get Uefa, European football’s governing body, to listen to his claims.
Uefa says they will investigate only when Morangos supplies them with his evidence, which he has not done to this point. A meeting was supposedly called wherein Uefa would look at the evidence, but attorneys for Mr. Morangos say he was not given enough notice to get to the meeting, and Uefa says he refused to attend.
Now Uefa is instigating legal procedures against Morangos to protect the interests of European football against such allegations. Unfortunately this scenario comes on the heels of another published allegation of bribery on the part of two FIFA officials.