Fresh from the Beeb.... Former high-ranking Fifa officials Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner awarded themselves pay rises and bonuses worth $80m (£55m) over five years, say Fifa lawyers. Football's governing body revealed the contracts of ex-president Blatter, fired ex-secretary general Valcke and sacked former finance director Kattner one day after a Swiss police raid. Its lawyers said there was evidence that the trio made "a coordinated effort" to "enrich themselves" between 2011 and 2015. Documents and electronic data were seized during Thursday's operation, which relates to investigations into Blatter and Valcke. Suspected of criminal mismanagement of Fifa money, Blatter and Valcke were banned for six and 12 years respectively by the governing body's ethics committee in February. Both deny wrongdoing. A statement for the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG), which carried out the investigations, read: "Documents and electronic data were seized and will now be examined to determine their relevance to the ongoing proceedings." Fifa said the evidence uncovered by its own internal investigation would be shared with the Swiss Attorney General's office and the US Department of Justice. Richard Cullen, Blatter's lawyer, said: "We look forward to showing Fifa that Mr Blatter's compensation payments were proper, fair and in line with the heads of major professional sports leagues around the world." Meanwhile, Blatter's long-time public relations advisor Klaus Stoehlker told BBC Sport he would be ending their professional relationship, adding: "The Fifa volcano is exploding now." Fifa has been in turmoil since May 2015, when a US investigation exposed widespread corruption at the top of the organisation. Nice work if you can get it!
I am just grateful that their greed was exposed. Hopefully they will all face a court of law very soon.
You will need to ask the iron lady my better half 1st, she runs the show, that's why I'm still alive...
We shouldn't be surprised at anything Blatter may have had his snout in, just amazes me that the authorities took so long to cotton on.
Having thought about this, for sure he is very greedy but has to keep a huge stash for all those bribes and hush hush money I suppose.
What gets me is that he portrays himself as whiter than white, and I think he actually believes that. He is one step down from an amoeba
I guess being the ringleader sat at the top of a huge network of corruption and untouched for so long got to his head! Money talks. Rather him doing any stretch of time in a prison I would prefer they made him live in an undeveloped country on his own. He would last a few days at best and regret his last couple of decades on this planet! Bloody Step Ladder
For the life of me, l can't see why everyone is picking on Mr Blatter. He has worked tirelessly for most of his life to promote the great game football and all he gets in return, is a pasting from pillar to post from one and all. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Your faithfully, The Right Honorable I.A.M. Liar QC, FoS, OM, CMC, PhD, MA, JP, AO, MP
