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Said & Done | David Hills

Source: The Guardian

Nov 08, 2009

Summary

Jack's greatest hits; the best bribe ever; plus more on the 'lady ways' that did it for Diego

Jack: big symbols

Man of the week: Fifa's Jack Warner – says media smears over Mrs Jack's £320 handbag "tainted" his image. "I returned this gift [to the England 2018 bid team] because it has become a symbol of derision and betrayal." Jack said insinuations about vote-buying and loose ethics hurt. "This experience has taught me something about the English media. It speaks about their credibility, their commitment to truth and their loyalty to honesty." Other big symbols from Jack's career:

£500k: Amount the Warner family travel company made from reselling 2006 World Cup tickets for three times their face value; Jack – publicly rebuked for "violating Fifa's Code of Ethics" – also attacked as "malicious lies" separate claims that he'd repeatedly asked for the match fee from Scotland v Trinidad two years earlier to be paid into his private account.

£17m: Amount by which Warner's Trinidad FA under-declared their income from the 2006 World Cup. Multi-millionaire Jack sai

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