Swiss raid on FIFA amid new revelations on Blatter payments
11 years ago(FILES) This file photo taken on July 20, 2015 shows outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter gesturing during a press conference at the football's world body headquarter's in Zurich. Along with the Italian-Swiss secretary general of the European federation Gianni Infantino, Bahrain's ruling dynasty, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa is considered a top favourite to win the post on February 26, 2016 to succeed Blatter, who has been suspended for eight years over corruption. / AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI
Swiss investigators have searched the FIFA headquarters as the world football governing body revealed that former president Sepp Blatter and two of his deputies awarded themselves more than $80 million in often suspicious payments over the past five years.
