Fifa had already expressed concern about delay and "tight timeframes" for the construction of South Africa's five new stadiums for the 2010 World Cup, it emerged in court papers on Wednesday.
A letter sent from Fifa chief Joseph Blatter to local organisation committee chairperson Irvin Khoza on January 12 says Fifa is feeling "rather uncomfortable" about the construction process and the timetables of all five new stadiums.
"In particular it appears that all the time reserves have already been used before construction work has actually started.
"The fact that there is no reserve time as a buffer in case something unexpected happens to a construction of this magnitude makes the situation very difficult indeed," Blatter wrote.
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