Axed FIFA Official Says Removal Came After Internal Pressure
- Miguel Maduro departed less than a year after being hired
- Soccer community ‘unfriendly to rule of law,’ Maduro says
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Miguel Maduro, the corporate governance expert removed by FIFA just eight months after being hired to lead an oversight group, said he resisted internal pressure at the beleaguered soccer body before his ouster.
A former advocate general of the European Court of Justice, Maduro was hired by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and used as an example of his commitment to change following a crisis created by a sweeping 2015 U.S. indictment, accusing several senior officials of engaging in decades-long corrupt practices.