BLATTER REVEALS HOW MUCH HE IS PAID

Mon, 19/02/2007 - 06:26

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World soccer governing body FIFA’s president has finally admitted how much he gets paid – and last year it was a cool US$1m.

Sepp Blatter has traditionally kept his salary a tightly-guarded secret, but admitted the seven figure payment for 2006 during an interview with Swiss newspaper Sonntags Zeitung.

Blatter said: “That is appropriate for an executive president. FIFA has a great value, not only in financial terms.”

He also admitted of a growing concern over the financial gulf which has opened up between clubs.

He told the paper: “A gulf is opening up. The rich are getting even richer.”

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