The unsealing of the plea agreement between former FIFA executive committee member and Concacaf general secretary Chuck Blazer and federal prosecutors confirmedwhat had been suspected for months. He had become an undercover informant working for the U.S. law enforcement authorities investigating FIFA, but it revealed the extent of what he gave up to strike adeal for leniency in the face of a sentence of more than 70 years.

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