Fifagate: Further pressure on Blatter as allegations of 10m dollar bribe emerge
- 9 years ago
The UK Press Association (PA) says it has obtained evidence proving FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke was aware of a 10-million-dollar payment to former vice president Jack Warner, made in 2008.
PA says it has obtained a letter written by the South African Football Association, which also appears to contain precise instructions for payment.
BOMBSHELL: Letter from South Africa FA to FIFA instructing $10m payment to Warner WAS addressed to Jerome Valcke pic.twitter.com/b0yKBPRAcA— Martyn Ziegler (@martynziegler) June 2, 2015
This comes as FIFA, world football’s governing body, issued a statement claiming: “Neither the Secretary General Jérôme Valcke nor any other member of FIFA’s senior management were involved in the initiation, approval and implementation of this project.”
US prosecutors investigating possible corruption within FIFA allege the payment, made on behalf of the South African Football Association, is a bribe.
Valcke is not accused of wrongdoing, however the pa
PA says it has obtained a letter written by the South African Football Association, which also appears to contain precise instructions for payment.
BOMBSHELL: Letter from South Africa FA to FIFA instructing $10m payment to Warner WAS addressed to Jerome Valcke pic.twitter.com/b0yKBPRAcA— Martyn Ziegler (@martynziegler) June 2, 2015
This comes as FIFA, world football’s governing body, issued a statement claiming: “Neither the Secretary General Jérôme Valcke nor any other member of FIFA’s senior management were involved in the initiation, approval and implementation of this project.”
US prosecutors investigating possible corruption within FIFA allege the payment, made on behalf of the South African Football Association, is a bribe.
Valcke is not accused of wrongdoing, however the pa