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maltatoday, Wednesday, 11 november 2015 20 Sport SPORTTODAY football fIfa crisis: Dyke wonders if all World Cups were secured with a "pile of bungs" Greg dyke fears no World Cup bid has been won without "a pile of bungs" after another FIFa official resigned this week GreG Dyke fears no World Cup bid has been won without "a pile of bungs" after another FIFA official resigned this week. Football Association chairman Dyke has questioned where the FIFA corruption ends after Wolf- gang Niersbach, president of the German football federation (DFB), quit on Monday. Niersbach stepped down amid an investigation into allegations that corrupt payments were made to officials during the bidding proc- ess for the 2006 World Cup, which was staged in Germany. He denies any wrongdoing but said he had taken the decision to quit in order to "protect the DFB". Dyke said: "It's like the Archers, it's like a soap opera, every week something is happening. You begin to be convinced almost no World Cups have been allocated without a pile of bungs. But I was saddened what happened to Wolfgang, I like him, he was a good bloke. "I don't know the details of what happened. It does mean another member of the UeFA executive and the FIFA executive committee has had to resign." The FA has written to FIFA de- manding answers to "important questions" following comments from suspended president Sepp Blatter which appeared to suggest russia had been chosen to host the 2018 World Cup before the vote had taken place. The FA spent £21million on england's bid for the tournament but Blatter's remarks implied the decision had been pre- determined. And Dyke continues to wonder where the FIFA problems will end. "We all ask that," he said, speak- ing at the launch of Birmingham FA's refurbished facility. "You have to have sympathy for some of the people who work for FIFA because there are good peo- ple there, they do a good job and work hard. "I don't know where it ends, you need a completely reformed or- ganisation. There are even those now talking about how you should scrap FIFA altogether. "It's hard to see the logistics of how you can get there but it does need a totally reformed organisa- tion. "You can't carry on like this." Greg Dyke Agent not sure of Guardiola future The agent of bayern munich coach Pep Guardiola admits he has no idea what his client has in mind for his future GUArDIolA'S con- tract is up for renewal next summer and he has been linked with a move to Manchester City from next sea- son. Bayern's chairman Karl-Heinz rum- menigge suggested at the weekend that a decision - one way or another - would be made before the Bun- desliga's winter break. But Guardiola's agent Josep Maria orobitg has told Mu- nich 's Tz newspaper that he does not know what that decision is going to be. "Not even I know what Pep's intentions are," orobitg said. "We've had some intensive talks in the past few days, but when it comes to things like this, he's very private. "He will make up his mind entirely based on his own impressions." Guardiola has led Bayern to back-to- back Bundesliga ti- tles, while they are five points clear at the top with a third of the current cam- paign gone. orobitg said Guardiola is "very happy" in Munich but added: "At the end of the day, it is a decision he is going to take by himself. "one thing is for sure, however, and that is everybody around him will ac- cept his decision, no matter what it is." Pep Guardiola