FIFA are left with yet more questions to answer after the Football Association of Ireland’s chief executive John Delaney claimed they were paid a substantial settlement after Thierry Henry’s infamous handball six years ago.
The France striker handled possession inside the Ireland box before laying on for William Gallas to score the winner during extra-time of a World Cup play-off second leg in 2009.
France went to the South Africa finals a year later, with Ireland left dumped out of the competition.
Delaney astonishingly saying that football’s governing body handed the FAI a payment, although confidentiality prevented him from revealing the exact figure, in the aftermath is the first time an official has confirmed such goings on.
The money is said to have been a legal payment in return for not going to court, compounding a horror week for FIFA during which Sepp Blatter revealed he was stepping down as president.
Source:Dailymail.
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