FAI chief executive John Delaney confirmed, in an RTE radio interview, FIFA paid off the Football Association of Ireland to avoid a lawsuit after a goal resulting from Thierry Henry’s handball in the playoff sent France to the 2010 World Cup.
Delaney, bound by a confidentiality agreement, could not confirm the figure, but did not refute €5 million ($5.6 million).
“Also the way Blatter behaved, if you remember on stage, having a snigger and having a laugh at us. That day when I went in, and I told him how I felt about him, there were some expletives used. We came to an agreement.
“That was a Thursday and on Monday the agreement was all signed and all done. It’s a very good agreement for the FAI and a very legitimate agreement for the FAI. I’m bound by confidentiality from naming the figure.”
Delaney asserted that the payment was to the association, not to him.
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