FIFA Sack Jerome Valcke as General Secretary

World football’s governing body FIFA have dismissed Jerome Valcke as general secretary with immediate effect.

The Frenchman was already serving a ban from football for his alleged involvement in a World Cup ticketing scandal.

FIFA’s Ethics Committee opened “formal adjudicatory proceedings” formally opened proceedings against Valcke last week after its investigators recommended a nine-year ban against him for a breach of a number of Fifa’s ethics code.

Valcke is also facing a fine of 100,000 Swiss franc (£68,000), but he continues to deny any wrongdoing.

A statement released by FIFA said: “The FIFA Emergency Committee decided to dismiss Jérôme Valcke from the position of FIFA Secretary General with immediate effect. Jérôme Valcke is therefore no longer the Secretary General of FIFA.

“The employment relationship between FIFA and Jérôme Valcke has also been terminated.

“The duties of the Secretary General will continue to be assumed by the Acting Secretary General, Dr Markus Kattner.”

Valcke was originally suspended for 90 days on September 17, but that suspension was extended for an extra 45 days earlier this month.

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