Sepp Blatter earned £2.6m in final year of Fifa presidency

Cashing out: Blatter resisted calls to disclose his salary
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James Benge17 March 2016

Fifa has revealed that Sepp Blatter was paid £2.6million in the final year of his presidency at the crisis-ridden governing body.

During his 18 year presidency Blatter consistently avoiding publishing his salary despite coming under pressure to do so as part of a drive to make Fifa more transparent.

New governance regulations have seen the earnings of the president at last disclosed, with the president's earnings not being affected by his October suspension for unethical conduct, after which he continued to earn his full salary until he was banned.

Fifa's accounts also revealed that the organisation, who endured a year of crisis amid allegations of corruption, lost £84.2m, its first reported loss since 2002. Having failed to sign any new sponsors for the upcoming World Cups this loss had been expected.

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The governing body's total income for 2015 was £800m, with £42.5m spent on legal fees.

Cash reserves for Fifa now sit at £930m.

Expenditure on executive committee members and senior management at Fifa reached £19.2m, with former general secretary Jerome Valcke earning £1.5m and Issa Hayatou, who served as interim president after Blatter's expulsion, earning nearly £350,000 for chairing the finance committee.

Sponsors including Sony and Emirates have not been replaced or re-signed since the 2014 World Cup, contributing to the shortfall in Fifa's finances.

New president Gianni Infantino's salary will not be announced until Fifa publish their 2016 accounts. He is expected to earn notably less than his predecessor Blatter.

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