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By Rob Banks
Crime Editor</b>

There are growing fears that today's football World Cup draw in Russia could be fixed after the Suffolk Gazette obtained a suspicious photograph of the rehearsal.

Our exclusive photo clearly shows outgoing FIFA President Sepp Blatter obtaining a sum of cash from an envelope just moments after meeting president Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg.

<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blatter-world-cup-draw-e1437815978746.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blatter-world-cup-draw-e1437815978746.jpg" alt="blatter-world-cup-draw" width="480" height="304" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1195" /></a><center><i>Sepp Blatter pulls a surprise in the draw</center></i><br><br>

English FA officials believe FIFA, which is facing widespread corruption allegations, could "accidentally" create an easy qualifying campaign for the Ukraine to help swing support there for their aggressive Russian neighbours.

Insiders reveal Putin's aids have "suggested" to Blatter that Ukraine might like to face the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Tonga, Luxemburg and San Marino in the vital qualifying stages of the World Cup, which will be hosted by Russia in three years (after an entirely fair bidding process with FIFA).

A source at FIFA said: "Poor sold Sepp got his envelopes mixed up during the rehearsal - it was all a bit embarrassing.

"There are suggestions Russia wants to give Ukraine a helping hand to boost Putin's popularity there, but I'm sure everything will be done properly."

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