Report: UEFA Paid Off Gianni Infantino's Alleged 'Lover'
UEFA said the payment covered departure entitlements and MBA fees, while Gianni Infantino and FIFA denied the allegations.
- FIFA President Gianni Infantino strongly denied allegations that UEFA made a six-figure departure payout to cover up an alleged affair with a lower-level employee while he served as the organization's general secretary.
- A Daily Telegraph report claimed the woman received a six-figure sum and funded MBA tuition after former UEFA President Michel Platini allegedly confronted Infantino about the relationship, prompting an agreement for her departure.
- UEFA confirmed issuing a departure payment and covering business school fees for the former administrative staff member, but maintained the package fully complied with governing regulations in place at the time.
- FIFA called the claims "categorically untrue" and defamatory, emphasizing that no internal complaints were ever filed regarding Infantino's conduct and that all severance agreements were approved through standard corporate procedures.
- The scandal emerges during an intense period of scrutiny for Infantino, following mounting backlash and threats of boycotts from European and American federations over his now-abandoned plan to sell commercial stakes in FIFA competitions.
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The woman, then employee Uefa, whose identity is still hidden for reasons of privacy, was at the center of the friction between Infantino and Platini and his dismissal decided by the former French champion, could have led to revenge by President Fifa
The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, is once again in turmoil. A Telegraph investigation evokes the payment of a large sum of money to a collaborator presented as her supposed mistress, at the time he was at the head of UEFA.
FIFA Chief Accused Of Paying Off Employee Lover
The Telegraph reports: UEFA is considering launching an investigation into Gianni Infantino’s conduct throughout the entirety of his 16 years at the organisation after revelations that his alleged lover was paid off. The Telegraph disclosed how a woman received a six-figure sum after an alleged relationship with Mr Infantino while he was a top official at European football’s governing body. The newly revealed circumstances and payments have caus…
The FIFA boss has ended up in another storm after it emerged that a secret payment had been made to a female employee.
The World Football Association continues to defend itself against its President Gianni Infantino. In a statement published by FIFA on Saturday evening, "Instructions and false information" is written to promote the Swiss-born from office. The reports about the controversial federation boss do not break down. Finally, the report made the round that a former employee of Infantinos had been paid a six-digit sum as UEFA Secretary-General at the time…
Infantino denies allegations of affair, favouritism while at UEFA
PARIS: 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 em…
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