Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Full statement: Fifa president Infantino responds to Panama Papers scandal


Gianni Infantino
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has released a statement saying that he welcomes the investigation into an incident over TV rights sales a decade ago. 
Infantino, who recently replaced Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, saw his name dragged into the Panama Papers reveal with the Guardian reporting that he sold TV rights in South America a decade ago before letting the company that bought them to sell them on for three or four times that amount.
Swiss police raided FIFA offices today as part of the investigation and now Infantino has now released a statement saying that he welcomes the investigation.

 

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