FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who has endured a week of scathing criticism revolving around the now shelved private investment plan, has been accused by a British newspaper of paying off an alleged lover while at UEFA.
According to The Telegraph, the Italian-Swiss lawyer, who served as secretary general of European football’s governing body from 2009 to 2016, also previously used his influence to secure a promotion for the same UEFA employee with whom he was in an intimate relationship.
Infantino has categorically denied the allegations, according to the article which was published late on Friday.
When contacted by AFP on Saturday, a FIFA spokesperson had not responded.
According to The Telegraph, which did not cite its sources, this employee received a “a six-figure sum” upon her departure –- at an unspecified time –- in addition to the payment of tuition fees for a business school amounting to around £45,000 ($60,700).
