On February 20, Swiss justice indicted Nasser Al-Khelaïfi for "instigating unfair management", dropping the corruption charges in the context of an investigation in which he was involved alongside former No. 2 of the Fifa, Jérôme Valcke. This was first good news for the president of PSG, long suspected of having granted Valcke "improper advantages" in order to influence the allocation of sports rights.
Al-Khelaïfi could soon be completely excluded. The charges still pending against him should indeed be dropped following the sanctions imposed on Michael Lauber, Attorney General of the Confederation.
The boss of Swiss justice was punished this Wednesday for having obstructed the disciplinary investigation which aimed at him by affirming not to remember an undeclared meeting with Gianni Infantino. Caught in the act of lying, it is all of his action in the context of the Fifa investigation that is called into question.
Ceferin's support
As a result, all charges against Valcke and Al-Khelaïfi could quickly be dropped. As a sign that the judicial sky is clearing for Al-Khelaïfi, it received strong support from Aleksander Ceferin. On Tuesday, in Amsterdam, on the sidelines of the UEFA congress, the president of the European body explained that the Qatari chair at the UEFA executive committee was absolutely not questioned despite the actions of the Swiss justice system . "The corruption charges have been dropped, and for the other charges, the presumption of innocence is very important," said Ceferin.
If his troubles with Swiss justice were to end soon, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi is still under investigation in France for corruption. He is suspected by the financial pole of the Paris court of having tried to buy the 2017 World Athletics Championships.
