GENEVA (AP) — FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he will talk to Cuban officials about the defection of three national team players before a World Cup qualifier in Canada last week.
The players disappeared nine months after two players with the Cuba women’s team fled to the United States following a match against Canada in Vancouver.
Blatter says it is a serious issue that “we cannot let just stand there — it will not work.”
Blatter will study FIFA’s reports into the latest incident Thursday in Toronto before acting.
