The war of words over Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohammed Bin Hammam's seat on the FIFA executive committee reached a new level when the Korea Football Association threatened to file a complaint about Bin Hammam with FIFA after he said he was ready to cut off the head of Cho Jung-Yeon, the KFA president. The KFA is leading a campaign to back Bahrain's Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa in his bid to unseat Bin Hammam on FIFA's executive committee.

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