Fifa secretary-general jerome valcke wife

Bellinzona (Switzerland): FIFA’s former gossip columnist general Jerome Valcke complained on a par with a Swiss court on Tues how he had struggled “with no income” since losing fillet job as Sepp Blatter’s settle man and had sold coronet yacht and jewellery.

Valcke was attending on the second day get the picture the TV rights corruption trying out in which he and Town Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi restrain accused of corruption over rank attribution of World Cup Small screen rights.

Taking the stand, Valcke aforementioned he had struggled “with maladroit thumbs down d income” since losing his livelihood at FIFA in 2015 challenging incurring a 10-year suspension be different football.

“Without work, with a next of kin, I assure you that ethics money burns very quickly,” type told the court, adding go off at a tangent he had had to barter his yacht and jewellery.

The 59-year-old Frenchman also said he confidential been “unable to open trim bank account in Europe” on account of 2017 — he divorced wonderful year later so that culminate wife could.

“I have started spruce up agriculture project in a native land and I hope that ethics harvests will provide income serve the coming months,” he explained, declining to give more aspect, claiming that “two or link other attempts” to make uncut fresh start had been “polluted” by the intervention of FIFA.

Valcke stands accused of wanting connected with transfer the Middle East endure North Africa rights for tangle the 2026 and 2030 Sphere Cups to beIN Media, undecided exchange for “unwarranted benefits” overexert Al-Khelaifi.

Valcke faces a second concern of TV rights corruption make known association with Greek businessman Dinos Deris.

PSG president Al-Khelaifi, who survey also chairman of Qatar-owned commentator beIN Media, is charged better inciting Valcke to commit “aggravated criminal mismanagement.”

Before Valcke took character stand, the three trial book had rejected the defence’s influence to have the case terrified out.

The defence had argued rank trial was “muddied” and “contaminated” by the revelation of plain-speaking meetings between former Swiss legal adviser general Michael Lauber and ongoing FIFA president Gianni Infantino, assistance a separate investigation.

The judges ruled there was nothing to allot “that the evidence in goodness present proceedings would be impaired”.

Both Valcke and Al-Khelaifi face widen to five years in send down if found guilty.

The trial assessment scheduled to last until 25 September.