Al-Khelaïfi's butler admits destroying evidence about Qatar 2022

The World Cup build-up is red-hot. Not only because of the bans put in place by the host nation, but also because the biggest football tournament has actually got this far.

One day before the inaugural Qatar-Ecuador game, the tournament's foundations have started to shake again. This time, it was due to a confession that Nasser Al-Khelaïfi's butler, Hicham Karmoussi, made.

He admitted to 'Mediapart' that, because the PSG president asked him to, he destroyed confidential evidence about Qatar being given the 2022 World Cup, to hide it from the police.

This clean-up happened up to two times, both in 2017, before the police registers which took place then, to avoid that damning information was found against Al-Khelaifi.

This butler has already been heard as a witness, last Tuesday, by the anti-corruption police, who are investigating how Qatar got given the World Cup.

Amongst the documents, of which there would have been a digital copy, are personal and intimate details, as well as exchanges between Al-Khelaifi with several dignitaries and FIFA sports personalties, with regards to giving Qatar the 2022 World Cup.

One of the people that he gave a copy to was, supposedly, Tayeb Benabderrahmane, who claims to have been kidnapped for months by Qatar in 2020.