Sepp Blatter has turned on his critics following his re-election as head of football’s world governing body for a fifth term.<br /><br /> FIFA’s president denounced what he called a “hate” campaign against him emanating from Europe’s body UEFA.<br /><br /> And he questioned the timing of arrests of leading football officials in Zurich during the week.<br /><br /> At a news conference on Saturday morning he responded to the corruption investigations.<br /><br /> US authorities are examining allegations of bribery and other crimes worth tens of millions of euros.<br /><br /> In a separate criminal inquiry, Swiss authorities are looking into the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.<br /><br /> “I assume the responsibility,” Blatter said this morning, “to put the FIFA ship back into calmer waters and in the end bring about a calm and joyful situation with FIFA robust and beautiful.”<br /><br /> Blatter also suggested the arrests of seven top officials in Switzerland this week were an attempt to interfere with FIFA’s congress. <br /><br /> Something “didn’t smell rig
