WASHINGTON (AFP) - Sepp Blatter's lawyer insisted Friday (June 3) that payments received by the disgraced former Fifa president were "proper, fair" after world football's governing body revealed he and two deputies awarded themselves over US$80 million (S$109 million) in often suspicious payments over the past five years.

"We look forward to showing Fifa that Mr Blatter's compensation payments were proper, fair and in line with the heads of major professional sports leagues around the world," Blatter's lawyer Richard Cullen said in a statement.