FIFA’s deputy secretary general Markus Kattner has been “fired with immediate effect”, after it was discovered that there existed a secret bonus scheme that paid out millions of dollars over a period of years.
Kattner took over as acting secretary general since his predecessor Jérôme Valcke was suspended and then banned from football for 12 years. The 45-year-old becomes the latest senior FIFA executive to be fired, banned or suspended following the discovery of alleged wrongdoing.
He has been dismissed immediately and in a statement, FIFA said it said that an ongoing internal investigation had “uncovered breaches of fiduciary responsibilities in connection with his employment”.