Sepp Blatter: Fifa boss should remain in post - Bernie Ecclestone

Formula 1 supervisor Bernie Ecclestone says Sepp Blatter ought to stay accountable for Fifa in spite of confronting debasement accusations.

Blatter, who is suspended, is under criminal examination over an installment made to Uefa supervisor Michel Platini in 2011. Both men deny any wrongdoing.

Ecclestone said: "I don't think he ought to have ever ventured down. I don't think he ought to have been tested.

"In the event that individuals supposedly have been defiled to get things going in their nation, it's great."

The 85-year-old included: "It's an assessment football needed to pay."

He additionally supported Russian President Vladimir Putin and said there was "no spot for popular government".

Ecclestone, who was chatting on Russian TV, said the reason Blatter merited backing was "a result of him we have a great deal of nations around the globe that are currently playing football".

The 17-year Fifa rule of Swiss Blatter, who is suspended for 90 days, closes in February.

Ecclestone, who has ended up famous for questionable remarks before, said he thought Putin was "super", including: "I'm his best supporter."

n the past, Ecclestone has alluded to ladies as "residential apparatuses" and applauded Adolf Hitler as somebody who "completed things".

Ecclestone has run the business side of F1 for about 40 years and a year ago confronted two separate trials on debasement accusations.

A common case in the UK was rejected and he paid a German court £60m to end a trial in which he was blamed for paying a German investor £26m to guarantee an organization Ecclestone favored could purchase a stake in F1.

Ecclestone emphasized a perspective he has already communicated that "Europe is a relic of days gone by" and said he was "not extremely eager about America".

About the US, he included: "The most serious issue with them is that they accept [that they are the] most noteworthy kind of force on the planet" and that "they are a major island, so they are a touch detached; they are gradually beginning to realize what other individuals on the planet do".

The US Grand Prix is in Austin, Texas, one weekend from now with Ecclestone anticipated that would go