Portuguese hacker Rui Pinto directed some extraordinary allegations at FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Wednesday night, accusing Infantino of actively covering up financial breaches involving both Manchester City and PSG during his time as UEFA General Secretary from 2009 to 2016.

During Infantino's tenure in 2014, City and PSG were both handed fines worth tens of millions of Euros by UEFA for Financial Fair Play (FFP) breaches and agreed to limit their wage bills over the two successive years as part of a plea bargain to avoid a potential ban from the 2014/15 edition of the Champions League.

Pinto launched his 'Football Leaks' platform in September 2015 to uncover what he described as "murky" and potentially illegal financial agreements involving several major football clubs and world famous players, working in tandem with investigative journalists and globally recognised news outlets to publish multiple potentially scandalous financial arrangements.

It was a Football Leaks publication in 2018 that eventually led to the Premier League's investigation into Manchester City that resulted in a guilty finding on all 115 charges related to widespread and systemic financial fraud between 2009 and 2018.

Manchester City's financial scandal

Manchester City were found guilty by the Premier League on September 29th of all charges relating to serious breaches of the league's financial rules over nine seasons from 2009 to 2018, as well as the majority of charges concerning their...

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