Jack Warner made huge profit on World Cup TV rights

Disgraced former FIFA official Jack Warner made a profit of around £11m (€14.97m) on World Cup television rights that Sepp Blatter sold him for a fraction of their true value, it can be revealed.

Jack Warner made huge profit on World Cup TV rights

Disgraced former FIFA official Jack Warner made a profit of around £11m (€14.97m) on World Cup television rights that Sepp Blatter sold him for a fraction of their true value, it can be revealed.

Swiss television channel SRF has published a contract that Blatter signed off in 2005 for the broadcast rights for South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014 to be sold to the Warner-controlled Caribbean Football Union (CFU) for $600,000 (€529,320).

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