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The agenda for this week's executive committee meeting in
Zurich said that the date and venue for the following meeting
would be decided on Friday.
A FIFA spokeswoman confirmed the matter was under discussion and
gave no reason for the discussion. The calendar page on FIFA's
website continues to list Japan as the venue.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has largely avoided travelling
abroad since 14 sports marketing executives and soccer
officials, including several from FIFA, were indicted in the
United States on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud
charges.
Seven of those accused were arrested by Swiss police in a dawn
raid on a luxury Zurich hotel two days before the FIFA congress
where Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term.
Blatter shocked the soccer world on June 2 with the announcement
that he would lay down his mandate. He is staying in office
until a successor is chosen at an extraordinary FIFA congress on
Feb 26.
Since then, his only official trip abroad has been to Russia for
the World Cup qualifying draw in St Petersburg in late July.
Blatter has not been accused of any wrongdoing, but he has
retained an attorney. Some lawyers with experience in
international criminal cases have said Blatter would be
ill-advised to travel after the U.S. indictments were announced.
Blatter told Germany's Welt am Sonntag newspaper in an interview
in July that he was playing safe. (Writing by Brian Homewood;
Editing by Tom Heneghan)
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