Khelaifi, a 43-year-old Qatari with close ties to the Gulf state's royal family, is under investigation for allegedly striking illegal media rights deals with disgraced former Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke, who had been Sepp Blatter's right-hand man. Khelaifi and his legal team arrived at the Swiss attorney general (OAG) headquarters in the Swiss capital Bern at about 9:30am (0730 GMT, 1030 EAT), avoiding the main entrance and two dozen reporters gathered outside. Khelaifi and Valcke have been under investigation since March in connection with media rights for the 2026 and 2030 World Cups on allegations including corruption, bribery, criminal mismanagement and forgery of a document. Valcke, a 53-year-old French national, has told the French sports newspaper L'Equipe that he "received nothing from Nasser". An increasingly prominent figure in sports and media, Khelaifi oversaw PSG's 222 million-euro ($264 million, Sh26.4 billion) world record signing of Brazilian superstar Neymar in August.

Source: Daily Nation October 25, 2017 17:15 UTC