FIFA paid Ireland millions of euros for not contesting Thierry Henry's handball

Chief executive Delaney has revealed he made his feelings known in a no-holds-barred exchange with FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who announced this week he will step down - and the outcome was a financial agreement between the two parties. Reports last year claimed the payment was five million euros. Delaney told RTE Radio 1: "We felt we had a legal case against FIFA because of how the World Cup play-off hadn't worked out for us with the Henry handball.

It's a deal
"That was a Thursday and on Monday the agreement was all signed and all done. It's a very good agreement for the FAI and a very legitimate agreement for the FAI. I'm bound by confidentiality for naming the figure. You've put a figure out there and fair play to you. It was a payment to the association to not proceed with a legal case. In there, they signed a confidentiality agreement where I can't talk about the amount."