Former football official Bonita Merseyades in his book told about the election of the World Cup-2022, which will be held in Qatar.
Merseyiades said that the state channel beIN Sports paid FIFA $ 100 million for Qatar to be chosen host country of the tournament, according to the Daily Mail.
According to the official, support for the Qatari was provided by the former president of UEFA Michel Platini, and the former head of FIFA Josef Blatter personally negotiated with the channel on the amount of the deal.
Blatter was confident of victory before the vote and called former US President Barack Obama to report the defeat of the US application.
Organizer FM-2022 was named on December 2, 2010 in Zurich.
The world championship in Qatar for the first time in history will be held in the winter.