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Sepp Blatter has insisted that FIFA is not in crisis, despite the "great damage" done to its image by ongoing corruption allegations.

"Crisis, what is a crisis?" said a clearly irritated Blatter. " We are not in a crisis. We are only in some difficulties and these will be solved inside the FIFA family."

Blatter also said that Qatar would not be investigated for their way to win the 2022 World Cup hosting rights.

"There is no issue for the World Cup in 2022," the 75-year-old said. "I believe that the decision taken for the World Cup in 2022 was done exactly in the same pattern and in the same way as the 2018 tournament."

Blatter was speaking two days before he is due to be re-elected unopposed by FIFA's congress following the stunning withdrawal of Qatari election rival Mohamed bin Hammam on Sunday.