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Several of the seven soccer officials arrested in Zurich on corruption charges in an investigation linked to FIFA are requesting bail on health grounds, Swiss newspaper TagesAnzeiger reported on Saturday.
The men in question, who are facing extradition to the United States following their arrest on Wednesday, have said they are too old and not fit enough to remain in detention, the Swiss daily reported, without attributing the information to a source.
A representative for the Swiss Federal Office of Justice could not be reached immediately for comment outside of office hours.
The seven individuals, who include FIFA Vice President Jeffrey Webb and the head of Costa Rica's soccer federation, Eduardo Li, are being held at undisclosed detention centres. All are contesting their extradition from Switzerland.
The investigations into FIFA by U.S., Swiss and other law enforcement agencies have plunged soccer's governing body into the worst crisis in its 111-year history.
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