FIFA's newly re-elected president Sepp Blatter is downplaying the scandal surrounding the arrests of 14 top FIFA officials.

Earlier this week, the world of football experienced a major shakeup when the U.S. Department of Justice announced that several officials were arrested on federal charges. According to a press release issued on Wednesday, the Justice Department indicted 14 people on corruption charges, which includes racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy.

"These individuals and organizations engaged in bribery to decide who would televise games, where the games would be held, and who would run the organization overseeing organized soccer worldwide," said U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, according to The New York Times.

Some of the men who U.S. prosecutors accuse of corruption have also been directly involved with organizing the FIFA World Cup. The indictment also named sports-marketing executives from the United States and South America, who are accused of paying $151 million in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for the rights to host, televise and promote soccer tournaments. Authorities say that $110 million alone was used in effort to host the Copa América Centenario in the United States in 2016, reports CBS Sports.

Despite the controversy circling the organization, Blatter was re-elected to serve as the president of FIFA for a fifth term. The 79-year-old Swiss football administrator also described the US criminal proceedings launched against the officials as just "infractions" involving an American-based marketing company, reports BBC News.

In addition, Sepp has questioned the timing of the US prosecutors, saying his organization "could have been contacted at another time," rather than two days before its congress assembled for an election.

"I don't see how FIFA should have been directly affected by this," he said.

During an interview with Swiss channel RTS, Blatter suggested that there is a conspiracy behind the indictments.

"There are unmistakable signs: The Americans were candidates for the 2022 World Cup, and they lost. The English were candidates for the 2018 World Cup. They lost," the soccer kingpin told RTS on Friday evening, reports CNN.

"If the Americans want to get involved in money or common law offenses relating to North and South American citizens, they should arrest them there, but not in Zurich when there is a congress."

He also highlighted the alliances of the United States. "Let us not forget that they are the number one sponsor of the Hashemite Kingdom (of Jordan), therefore of my adversary (Prince Ali)."

When asked Saturday by reporters in Zurich if he is concerned about the continuing U.S. corruption probe, Blatter responded confidently, saying, "I have no concerns about that, and I have especially no concerns about my person."