Nasser al-Khelaifi, the president of French football club
Paris Saint-Germain has been charged in connection with bribing the former FIFA
secretary general, Jerome Valcke.
The former FIFA secretary-general, who is currently banned
from football was also charged with accepting bribes over World Cup television
rights.
A press release from the Swiss Attorney General's office
read: 'The OAG has charged Valcke with accepting bribes, several counts of
aggravated criminal mismanagement and falsification of documents.
'The facts in this indictment are no longer characterised as
fraud. Al-Khelaifi and the third accused are charged with indicting Valcke to
commit aggravated criminal mismanagement. The third accused is also charged
with bribery.'
Valcke, who was the right-hand man to disgraced former FIFA
president Sepp Blatter for eight years was banned from football for 12 years
back in 2016.
At that time, he found guilty of misconduct over the sale of
World Cup tickets, abuse of travel expenses, attempting to sell TV rights below
their market value and destruction of evidence.
