Fifa Crisis: South Africa Admits $10m World Cup Payout

South Africa did pay $10m (£6.5m) to a
football body led by Jack Warner, a
figure at the centre of Fifa corruption
allegations, local media say.
Danny Jordaan, head of South Africa’s
FA, is quoted as confirming that the
amount was deducted from a Fifa
payment to the country in 2008.
A subsequent letter requested that money
to be sent, instead, to the Caribbean
Football Union, reports say.
South African officials deny it was a
bribe to secure the 2010 World Cup.
But US prosecutors insist South Africa
made an illegal payment after the
government promised $10m to Mr
Warner – then a Fifa vice-president – in
exchange for the “Rainbow Nation”
becoming the first African country to
host the World Cup.
Fifa chose South Africa as host ahead of
Morocco.
Danny Jordaan could not be reached for
comment on Sunday, but he is quoted as
insisting the money was paid to the
Confederation of North, Central
American and Caribbean Association
Football (Concacaf) in 2008 as South
Africa’s contribution towards their
football development fund.
The BBC’s Andrew Harding in
Johannesburg says unnamed officials
have confirmed that the payment was
made to support football development
among members of the African diaspora
– something which does make sense in
the political context of the time.
The latest reports come with Fifa – the
governing body of world football – in
crisis. Senior Fifa officials face a string
of bribery charges.
Its head, Sepp Blatter has not been
implicated but has faced calls to stand
down. He was re-elected as Fifa
president on Friday.
In other developments:
Two UK banks have launched internal
reviews into whether they were used for
corrupt payments by Fifa officials, the
BBC understands
Sepp Blatter’s daughter Corrine has
told the BBC that there was a conspiracy
against her father who is not corrupt
and has “earned every penny”
English Football Association chairman
Greg Dyke has called on the president of
Uefa to show strong leadership to unite
Europe behind a collective boycott of the
2018 World Cup.
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