FIFA confirmed it has instructed its lawyers to file law suits against Andrew Jennings and the Mail over a story which appeared in the paper in December.
Last Friday FIFA forced the newspaper to publish an apology over the article – but such steps did little to satisfy soccer’s world governing body.
“The Daily Mail continues to make libellous comments,” said a spokesman.
“FIFA is no longer prepared to accept such an underhand approach and has now decided that a British court is the appropriate forum to establish the facts and expose the Daily Mail's fiction.”
