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With Russia staging its World Cup almost two years ago, the focus of the potential impact of these fresh allegations will be on Qatar as it enters the final phase of preparations for the event.

This is not the first time officials have been accused of corruption linked to the Gulf state’s bid during the sprawling FBI probe.

In 2017 Alejandro Burzaco, a former TV executive, told a jury in New York that Leoz, Teixeira – and the now former Argentina football chief Julio Grondona – had been paid to vote for Qatar, which beat the US in the vote.

But never before have US prosecutors formally laid out in such detail how the alleged corruption was conducted.

However, the indictment does not specify who was behind the alleged bribery.

Despite years of suspicion over how they won the vote, Qatar and Russia have always denied any wrongdoing, and both were effectively cleared by Fifa’s own investigation in 2017.

But Fifa may find itself under renewed pressure to reopen an inquiry into how the votes were won.

The Qatar organizing committee and Fifa have been approached for comment.