Independent probe clears Jack of allegations made by ex-England FA head

Jack Warner with Lord Triesman

The English Football Association announced on Sunday that Jack Warner and three other FIFA executives have been cleared of bribery allegations made against them by the former head of the FA, Lord Triesman.

Triesman, who ran the FA and its 2018 World Cup bid until last May, claimed that Jack Warner, Nicolas Leoz, Ricardo Teixeira and Worawi Makudi had engaged in "improper and unethical" conduct.

However an independent report commissioned by the FA exonerated the four of them. "All four are completely clean," said Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke.

"I have just got the FA report... and I hope Fifa will agree to make it public because all the people here...are completely clean of all the allegations made by David Triesman a few weeks ago.

"I'm glad the person appointed by the FA took time to hear not only Triesman but also David Dein, Simon Johnson, Andy Anson and other people who were part of the bid."

Triesman made the accusation during a parliamentary inquiry that was trying to find out why England lost the bid to host the 2018 World Cup, which FIFA awarded to Russia. England secured only one vote other than that of is own delegate.

Triesman accused Warner, a Fifa vice-president and CONCACAF of asking for a bribe of £2.5m to build an education centre in Trinidad and for another £500,000 to buy Haiti's World Cup TV rights.

Valke said Dave Richards, the chairman of the Premier League, disputed Triesman's account. He added, "Dave Richards has not said he heard Jack Warner ask for money in his presence, or ask for funds to be channelled through him."

Warner had previously dismissed Triesman's charges as nonsense.