Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is unlikely to travel to France for Euro 2016 because he fears being arrested by U.S. authorities.
Blatter, 80, resigned as head of football's world governing body three days after being re-elected in June 2015.
That election was held a week after several FIFA officials were arrested on corruption charges during a dramatic early-morning raid on a Zurich hotel. Soon afterwards, it was claimed that Blatter was also of interest to an FBI probe that led to the indictment of 16 other officials last December.
In February, the Swiss native claimed that American law enforcement agencies had only shown an interest in FIFA because Qatar, rather than the United States, was awarded the right to host the 2022 World Cup.
Speaking to France Football in an interview published on Tuesday, Blatter maintained that he has not done anything wrong but said that he is wary of U.S. authorities.
He pointed out that another Swiss national, ex-UBS bank executive Raoul Weil, had been arrested in Italy in December 2013 before being cleared of tax conspiracy charges in the United States a year later.
"At the moment, I'm not going to France, no," Blatter said. "French authorities will not ask me for any explanations.
"But as long as this affair involving American authorities is running, I will not go to all the countries in the world.
"There are places where Swiss people have had bad experiences.
"It's the case with a banker who went to Italy and found himself in New York.
"I will therefore not take the risk of coming to your country unless I receive an official invitation from the federation.
"If that's not the case, I will not go. France is strongly linked to the United States."