Fifa put through the wringer again

File Photo: Steffen Schmidt/EPA

File Photo: Steffen Schmidt/EPA

Published Jun 14, 2016

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London - Joke world football rulers Fifa really have washed their dirty linen in public.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino is heard on a leaked audio tape complaining about having to pay for his shirt, socks and underpants to be cleaned. The 17-minute recording of the murky Fifa Council meeting before the Congress in Mexico City has Infantino moaning that the internal witch-hunt against him included demands that he pay for his own laundry while on Fifa business.

Infantino also tries to justify his attempt to dismiss the former audit and compliance chief Domenica Scala for offering him an ‘insulting’ £1.3million salary with no expenses when predecessor Sepp Blatter received twice as much in basic pay. Infantino also blames Scala, who has since resigned, for trying to engineer an ethics probe over how the new Fifa leader can afford to look for a £15m house in Zurich.

Only England’s Fifa Council representative David Gill comes out of this latest Zurich fiasco with his reputation intact.

Gill is heard strongly opposing the plan to summarily sack Scala - signed by the six Confederation heads without due process - asking how could he explain such a decision to the FA.

Meanwhile, Infantino also says that the only Fifa executive meeting of which there was no audio recording is, surprise, surprise, the most corrupt one where the 2018 and 2022 World Cup votes took place.

Daily Mail

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