Fifa bribe report leads to Blatter’s door

Fifa chiefs had knowledge that senior officials including former president Joao Havelange had been paid bribes by the organisation’s former marketing company ISL, a court document published yesterday revealed.

The world governing body also agreed to pay 2.5m Swiss francs (CHF) (€2m) in fines — but only on the condition that criminal proceedings against Havelange and executive committee member Ricardo Teixeira were dropped.

The publication of the report by the prosecutor’s office of the Swiss canton of Zug suggests current Fifa president Sepp Blatter would have been aware of at least one bribe paid to Havelange.