WHERE ALL THE MONEY WENT. . .
VOTER: M PLATINI (FRA)
SPENT ON:
Orders for airliners from France-based Airbus; buying PSG; setting up beIN SPORTS; and buying Ligue 1 TV rights, following a Nov 2010 meeting attended by Qatar’s Sheik Tamin, French president Nicolas Sarkozy and Platini, who admits voting for Qatar and says he was encouraged but not forced to do so.
N LEOZ (PAR)
SPENT ON:
Energy infrastructure deal agreed between Sheik Hamad of Qatar and Paraguay’s president Fernando Lugo on Aug 18, 2010 after Qatar’s FIFA executive voter Mohamed bin Hammam’s planned trip to lobby Leoz was replaced with governmental trip.
W MAKUDI (THA)
SPENT ON:
Gas deal arising from meeting, arranged by Bin Hammam, between key aides to Makudi at the Thai FA and Qatar’s most senior energy official on Aug 16, 2010 in Doha.
AM VILLAR LLONA (SPA)
SPENT ON:
Sponsorship of Barcelona by Qatar Airways was one deal brokered via Spain’s voting pact with Qatar, which later became an open secret, even acknowledged by FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
VARIOUS AFRICAN AND STRUCK-OFF OFFICIALS
SPENT ON:
Bid budget and miscellaneous expenses. This included cash spent on buying exclusive access to influence Confederation of African Football voters ($1.8m); meetings to offer $1m to the son of struck-off voter Adams Adamu for staging a dinner; and costs defending another struck-offer voter, Reynald Temarii of Oceania.
J GRONDONA (ARG)
SPENT ON:
Allegedly spent clearing the debts of Argentina FA; and unconfirmed sums paid by Qatar firm to sponsor Nov 2010 Argentina-Brazil friendly in Doha.
M LEFKARITIS (CYP)
SPENT ON:
Piece of land owned by Lefkaritis in Nicosia by Qatar investment firm. Lefkaritis doesn’t deny the deal but denies any wrongdoing.
R TEIXEIRA (BRA)
SPENT ON:
Sponsoring Brazil friendlies including against Argentina in Qatar in 2010 by Qatari interests.
VARIOUS OFFICIALS
SPENT ON:
Alleged cash bungs by Bin Hammam from 10 slush funds to a range of football officials from across Africa ($5m) and Asia ($1.7m) among others.
I HAYATOU (CAM) & J ANOUMA (IVO)
SPENT ON:
Alleged in Parliament that they were given grants for no-strings ‘development’ funding.
JACK WARNER (T&T)
SPENT ON:
Two cash lumps allegedly linked to Warner’s (below) support, and then his silence, over corruption.
Other voters for Qatar included Chung Mong-joon of South Korea, whom Bin Hammam later helped secure honorary FIFA vicepresidency, and Junji Ogura of Japan, seen as squeaky clean, who voted for Qatar after Japan dropped out. Bin Hammam voted for Qatar and the 14th vote is understood to have come from either Senes Erzik of Turkey, whose PM is a close friend of the Qatar royals, or Hany Abo Rida of Egypt, paid to join Bin Hammam on campaigning trips.