Swiss prosecutors have brought fraud and embezzlement charges against a number of as yet unnamed individuals over the collapse of ISL/ISMM - who it has been claimed paid bribes to senior football officials.

Asked at a news conference in Zurich today if he had ever received payments from ISL, Blatter responded with outrage.

Blatter said: "This is quite daring how you ask this question right here, this is a veiled accusation and I will not accept this.

"I have never ever in my life taken money except from the people I have worked for, this I want to lay down for once and for all, this I want to make perfectly clear.

"This court case is not against FIFA - on the contrary FIFA initiated this trial and the prosecutor is saying quite clearly in his declarations that no officers and no staff from FIFA - either former or current - are being accused."

Swiss prosecutor Marc von Dach has confirmed the charges have only been brought against former employees of ISL, which collapsed in 2001, but he would not say how many people have been charged.

The "criminal mishandling" amounted to around £45million, said von Dach.

ISL owned the TV rights to the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and their collapse caused a major financial headache for FIFA.