Following newspaper reports the FIFA secretary general was involved in an illegal $10 million payment, the governing body has responded.
FIFA insists secretary general Jerome Valcke was not involved in the administration of a $10 million payment outlined in last week's United States Department of Justice indictment.
U.S. authorities allege the sum was paid as a bribe to secure the 2010 World Cup for South Africa, with the New York Times reporting Valcke was responsible for transferring the funds to CONCACAF - then led by the indicted Jack Warner.
A FIFA statement read: "In 2007, as part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the South African Government approved a USD 10m project to support the African diaspora in Caribbean countries as part of the World Cup legacy.