Bebeto joins Brazil 2014 organizing committee

Feb 16, 2012, 17:39 GMT

Rio de Janeiro - Retired striker Bebeto joined Thursday the organizing committee for the 2014 World Cup that is to be held in Brazil, amid rumours that committee president Ricardo Teixeira might step down.

'I'm here to do the best I can, as I have done all my life,' said the 1994 World Cup winner Bebeto, who turned 48 on the day, said.

The committee's third member, retired striker Ronaldo, said: 'I want to wish him great luck, and I am certain that he will make an immense contribution. He is a great idol, a great friend, and he will allow us to pursue further the work we are doing.'

Ronaldo did not confirm press reports that Teixeira is to leave both the leadership of the committee and that of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

'The president will stay on. That's what we've been told,' he said. 'If (the rumours) are confirmed, it will be a pity, because he was the guy who brought the World Cup to Brazil and we owe him a lot.'

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