While most of the attention of the latest Fifa scandal surrounds allegations bribes were paid for the awarding of future World Cups in Russia and Qatar, suspicion has also been raised about the awarding of previous tournaments.

Allegations that leading figures at Fifa took bribes for the awarding of World Cups has led to suspicion that the vote that saw France named host of the 1998 tournament was also tainted by corruption.

US attorney general Loretta Lynch, who said on Wednesday that her work “was only just beginning”, is investigating the 1992 vote that France won by 12 votes to seven against Morocco.

According to documents released by Lynch, an ex-member of Fifa’s executive, believed to be Jack Warner accepted a bribe in exchange for voting for Morocco.

Warner who was previously banned by Fifa for corruption was one of those arrested on Wednesday. Police picked him up in his home country of Trinidad and Tobago.

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