Football: Blatter to sue FIFA president and successor Infantino Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter announces his intention to sue his successor Gianni Infantino and FIFA, in an interview with AFP. Blatter contests allegations claiming that, following the 2014 World Cup, he received a bonus of 12 million Swiss francs (approximately €10.5 million). Blatter was forced to resign in 2015 following the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the body. A week before FIFA's 69th Congress in Paris, where Infantino is to be re-elected, Blatter slams "the lack of transparency" of his successor. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES