Linsi was given eight years' salary, worth eight million Swiss francs, as a settlement after being forced out of FIFA in June, but there was concern at how he and two other senior executives secured new eight-year contracts in April at a time when it was expected they would not have their previous deals extended.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter was not told of the new contracts and from now on both he and the new general secretary Jerome Valcke will have to ratify new staff contracts - which will also be monitored by external lawyers.

Blatter told a news conference in Zurich: "In our new regulations we have now put in the barriers so that this situation cannot be repeated.

"When it comes to contracts we have an internal office of compliance and all the contracts well be monitored by external lawyers.

"In terms of staff contracts and who is entitled to give the 'okay' for such contracts, only the general secretary and the president can sign."

Blatter also said FIFA had drawn a line under the $110million settlement it had made with former sponsors MasterCard following a court case in the USA.

He added: "It was a painful arrangement out of court with one of our partners, it cost us a lot of money - 90million US dollars - and I will inform our national associations how we have already recuperated that."