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USA was definitely the preference from Blatter for its money making potential.Yep Sepp has put the kibosh on Platini getting the presidency. You beat me to it JD. I listened to this in the car today on ABC Radio's World Today program
I will put the transcript up late when they have typed it up but you can listen to the story at
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2015/s4341286.htm
Russia was always going to get 2018 before any vote and then 2022 was to go to USA but Platini pushed Qatar.
However Bin Hammam worked the exco voters brilliantly. Heck he even got Jack Warner (allegedly) to vote Qatar over USA