Soccer-FIFA chief Infantino to be paid 1.5 mln Swiss francs a year
Fri Sep 02, 2016 10:44:am Sports
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FIFA president,Gianni Infantino has accepted a salary of $1.53 million a year, with the Secretary General, Fatma Samoura set to receive $1.3 million.
Under the contract, Infantino also gets a car and lodgings paid during his term of office and "contribution for expenses in accordance with FIFA's expenses regulations ($2,000 per month)".
Samoura has the same benefits but lodgings are not included.
There is no bonus for either in 2016 but they will be eligible for bonuses in 2017, the FIFA panel which set terms of the agreements said.
Infantino's salary agreement comes a few months after he had labeled a $2m salary offer from FIFA audit panel chairman Domenico Scala as "insulting".
By way of comparison, the former FIFA president Sepp Blatter was paid a total of $3.7m in 2015. But an internal investigation by FIFA attorneys revealed evidence in June that Blatter, former secretary general Jerome Valcke and ex-finance director Markus Kattner had enriched themselves through annual salary increases, World Cup bonuses and other incentives totaling more than $80 million in the years before FIFA's financial watchdog was formed.
"The FIFA president's annual compensation represents less than 25 percent of his predecessor's compensation (average 2010-2015 including bonus)," said the FIFA statement.
Under the contract, Infantino also gets a car and lodgings paid during his term of office and "contribution for expenses in accordance with FIFA's expenses regulations ($2,000 per month)".
Samoura has the same benefits but lodgings are not included.
There is no bonus for either in 2016 but they will be eligible for bonuses in 2017, the FIFA panel which set terms of the agreements said.
Infantino's salary agreement comes a few months after he had labeled a $2m salary offer from FIFA audit panel chairman Domenico Scala as "insulting".
By way of comparison, the former FIFA president Sepp Blatter was paid a total of $3.7m in 2015. But an internal investigation by FIFA attorneys revealed evidence in June that Blatter, former secretary general Jerome Valcke and ex-finance director Markus Kattner had enriched themselves through annual salary increases, World Cup bonuses and other incentives totaling more than $80 million in the years before FIFA's financial watchdog was formed.
"The FIFA president's annual compensation represents less than 25 percent of his predecessor's compensation (average 2010-2015 including bonus)," said the FIFA statement.
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