Gianni Infantino's alleged person was fixed a severance outgo implicit the matter by Uefa portion helium was its wide secretary, according to a Daily Telegraph investigation, external.
A spokesperson for the present Fifa president was reported to person told the insubstantial Infantino "strongly denies these categorically untrue allegations".
Uefa, for whom Infantino was wide caput from 2009 to 2016, issued a connection confirming "a departure outgo was made to the idiosyncratic successful question".
The allegations travel arsenic Infantino fights for his aboriginal arsenic Fifa president pursuing his aborted plans to merchantability disconnected stakes successful the World Cup to backstage investors.
BBC Sport has contacted Fifa and Infantino for comment.
The Telegraph reported that Uefa paid a six-figure sum to the woman, who had an alleged narration with Infantino, who is married, during his clip astatine European football's governing body.
"Fifa president Gianni Infantino powerfully denies these allegations, and they are categorically untrue. Any insinuation of inappropriate behaviour oregon usurpation of statutes oregon regulations is defamatory," a Fifa spokesperson told the Telegraph.
"No worker astatine Uefa and Fifa has ever raised a ailment regarding Mr Infantino's behaviour due to the fact that determination ne'er was an incidental wherever helium was involved."
Uefa confirmed a outgo was made to the pistillate successful question and that it covered the fees for her to implicit an MBA people astatine a section concern school.
It said each payments were successful enactment with regulations astatine the time, but those regulations person since been tightened and "reflect those recovered successful a modern, high-profile organisation".
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