Pele wants Blatter, FIFA to come clean

The three-time World Cup winner and global football icon is keen for the FIFA president to come forward and set the record straight.

Pele has urged Sepp Blatter to give an honest account of his time in charge of FIFA as world football's governing body continues to battle a corruption crisis.

Blatter was re-elected as FIFA president in May against the backdrop of nine past and present officials being indicted for racketeering conspiracy and corruption under an investigation by U.S. and Swiss authorities.

The 79-year-old subsequently announced his resignation and he will leave his post later this year, although the suspension of FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke last week, pending a formal…