Al – Journal of Riyad Leak of documents: Secret contracts of $ 880 million between Qatar and FIFA

The disclosed documents secretly offer FIFA up to $ 880 million, before winning the 2010 World Cup 21 days.

The documents, seen by the Sunday Times, show that Qatar's leaders in Al Jazeera signed a $ 400 million contract to win the World Cup in 2018 and 2022 before choosing the host country for both rounds.

The contracts also included an offer of $ 100 million to be made to a FIFA account only if Qatar succeeded in the ballot.

The British newspaper also signed a second television rights contract for an additional 480 million dollars offered by Qatar to FIFA in 2013 and is now part of the investigation into the corruption scandal that rocked the name of FIFA.

The documents revealed by the British newspaper will be added to a long list of suspicious transactions in Qatar concerning Doha's bid for the organization of the 2022 World Cup.

The newspaper concluded that Qatar had already bought the right to take bribes and that the $ 400 million offer was a blatant violation of FIFA's regulation on bribery.

The paper quoted sports and digital media commissioner Damien Collins as saying that FIFA should freeze funds and open an investigation into these contracts, "clearly against the law," he said.

The files, seen by the Sunday Times, show the signing of a television contract and a big show by officials of Qatar-owned Al Jazeera television at a time when organizing campaigns of the World Cup have reached their peak.

The contract included an unprecedented $ 100 million success fee, which will only be paid into a dedicated FIFA account if Qatar wins the World Cup in the 2010 vote.

This is a major conflict of interest for FIFA and a violation of its own rules as the network of islands is owned and managed by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani , which has been the engine of the offer.

The Sunday Times also received a copy of a second TV rights contract for another $ 480 million proposed by Qatar three years later, shortly before FIFA suspends its long-standing corruption record in vote and concealment of results. The contract is now part of a corruption investigation conducted by the Swiss police.

This means that FIFA has directly offered him about one billion dollars from Qatar when he applied for the 2022 World Cup football tournament. She was not eligible to host the tournament because of its lack of potential and its small population. Japan and South Korea, tournament sharing.

Experts say it would be difficult to justify the amount paid by Al Jazeera for television rights contracts on purely commercial terms, which did not cover the cost of their broadcast. This amount represents five times the amount previously paid for such media contracts in the region, making it a hint of money laundering to justify its award to FIFA.

The growing evidence of the acquisition of Qatar has already doubled the hosting of the world's largest sports competition in Doha in three years.

The offer prior to the $ 400 million vote was a flagrant violation of FIFA's anti-corruption rule, which prevents entities involved in bid calls from making financial bids to the organization. athlete as part of the bidding process.

FIFA, which claims to reform after the previous scandals, is expected to receive millions of dollars in payments, including a portion of a $ 100 million "gift" of success over the next month to be won under the terms of the contract.

When bidding campaigns began in March 2009, the Qatari emir intervened to help place the call for bids by means of a circular. from his office.

The $ 400 million contract signed by Al Jazeera for broadcasting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in the Middle East and North Africa is, according to the newspaper, a one-of-a-kind record because it ignores Other agreements on television rights before choosing host countries.

It included a basic clause for the huge success fees associated with the vote, stating that "the island must pay in addition to rights fees, by paying to FIFA via the account allocated $ 100 million".

According to him, the success of the contract is an additional payment for the costs of "audiovisual production", but the newspaper states that these photography and editing work are generally paid by FIFA.

These conventions on television rights are generally signed by the FIFA Executive Committee. On the eve of the vote, former FIFA President Sepp Blatter had promised members of the FIFA Executive Committee that they would receive an outstanding reward of $ 200,000 because the World Cup this year year had been a financial success.

The next day, Emir Hamad bin Khalifa of the time was on hand to win the World Cup stage in Zurich, winning Qatar's bid for the organization of the 2022 World Cup.

The following week, Blatter and FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke signed the $ 400 million television rights deal. As part of the deal, the Qataris paid FIFA a 6 million dollar deposit within 30 days of signing the contract.

The BN media group of the island signed the second contract, which the newspaper saw. The contract represents a conflict of interest. FIFA's ethics commissioner Michael Garcia has passed the critical stages of his investigation into corruption surrounding the 2010 elections. He was preparing to travel to Qatar. FIFA then hailed the work of Michael Garcia after his acquittal among the irregularities, but resigned, claiming that his findings had been distorted, and FIFA declined to comment on the allegations.