Fifa president Sepp Blatter requests clear-the-air talks with Brazil over 2014 World Cup concerns You have also received a letter from the Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke and I have no further comment on this matter other than to say that both as Fifa president and personally, I would like to apologise to all those - above all the Brazilian government and President Dilma Rousseff - who feel that their honour and pride has been injured. Therefore, let us not waste time on entrenching our positions. Let us instead build something great together, as promised by President Lula during his presidency. I will be travelling in Asia in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal until 10 March, and afterwards I would like to meet President Rousseff and yourself as soon as possible - ideally next week. Valcke's frustration at the delays led him to send a message to 2014 organisers "to push yourself, kick your arse and just deliver this World Cup." He then described Brazil's angry reaction as "puerile" before apologising 48 hours later.