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The International Football Association investigation conducted by FIFA showed that the project directly involved former president Sepp Blatter and people connected with the construction of the Haus zur Enge museum, which was completed in 2016.
The total construction cost must have been the equivalent of SEK 4.7 billion, of which SEK 1.3 billion was used to renovate and furnish an office building that is not owned by FIFA.
Under the agreement As written, FIFA is also stuck in an unfavorable lease agreement that will cost the association 3.4 billion SEK until it expires in 2045. It is 4.7 billion SEK “that could and should have been earmarked for the development of football” writes FIFA on its website.
“The investigation revealed a number of suspicious circumstances and errors, some of which may be criminal and therefore must be properly investigated by the competent authorities,” said Acting FIFA Secretary General Alasdair Bell.
“We therefore came to the conclusion that we had no choice but to go to court, especially since the current FIFA administration is responsible for the organization we want to measure up to, even if those who preceded us sadly they didn’t. “
Also the FIFA ethics committee will analyze the matter.
Sepp Blatter was fired in 2015 after being involved in a major corruption scandal.
Blatter denies wrongdoing.
“The allegations are unfounded and we categorically reject them,” his lawyer Lorenz Erni was quoted as saying by Reuters.
