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Sepp Blatter returns to work at FIFA HQ following interrogation

Sepp Blatter was back at work at FIFA headquarters on Monday, three days after being interrogated there by Swiss investigators, and was due to address staff later in the day.

The FIFA president is scheduled to speak at a staff meeting, which is being characterised as a regular gathering that takes place at least once a month rather than the stage for a sudden announcement.

Blatter is awaiting a possible announcement from the FIFA ethics committee on whether he will be suspended as a result of the Swiss investigation into possible criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of FIFA money.

Blatter adviser Klaus Stoehlker told The Associated Press about the staff meeting, which is planned for 4 p.m. local time.

Stoehlker formally worked with Blatter on his campaign ahead of the May election to govern FIFA and said he continues to advise him.

"Twenty four hours ago he had no idea [plan] about leaving [FIFA]," Stoehlker said in a telephone interview. "There are so many lawyers and it depends what they say and what kind of risks they are putting on the wall."

Blatter is due to hand over power after February's election, but Mark Pieth, the former chairman of FIFA's Independent Governance Committee, has urged the organisation to appoint former German FA president Theo Zwanziger as its temporary president.

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