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Fifa denies that Blatter's aide approved US$10m payment

It says former finance chief who died last year authorised payment to Jack Warner, who faces US corruption charges

Published Tue, Jun 2, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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FIFA on Tuesday admitted that it had processed a US$10 million payment from South Africa to a disgraced football official but denied that the world body's secretary general Jerome Valcke was involved.

Fifa said that a former finance committee chief who died last year, Argentine Julio Grondona, authorised the payment which went to Jack Warner.

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