It is interesting that the former president of the Gambia football association has been implicated in major corruption scandal for receiving secret payments from Qatar “Cash for votes”. I hope he will do everything possible to clear his name. Among the alleged payments made by Mohammed bin Hammam were £30,000 for ‘school fees’ for Liberian-born former Man City striker George Weah – FIFA’s world player of the year in 1995. £48,000 to Zambian FA president Kalusha Bwalya for ‘FA and personal expenditure’. £31,500 to Fadoul Houssein, of the Djibouti FA, for an ‘expensive course of medical treatment for his general secretary’ and an all-expenses luxury trip to Saudi Arabia. £36,000 for a ‘car to travel to football projects’ for ex-Gambian FA boss Seedy Kinteh. £480,000 to the Ivory Coast FA as part of a Fifa development scheme.£120,000 in cash to 25 delegates flown to Kuala Lumpur to discuss the bid in 2008. £30,000 to Sao Tome FA president Manuel Dende, who asked for £138,000 for ‘football pitches’ to be paid into his personal account. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2645571/Qatari-officials-meet-FIFA-investigator-corruption-claims-2018-2022-World-Cups-intensify.html#ixzz33Tjj7Fce
Posted on: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:10:07 +0000
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