Ángel María Villar Llona, the senior vice president of Fifa and the president of Spain’s football association, has been arrested as part of an anti-corruption investigation.

As well as Villar Llona, his son Gorka and three other football executives were detained while raids were carried out in Madrid.

Spanish Police said that the five men, who also included the federation vice president of economic affairs, and both the president and the secretary of the regional federation for Tenerife, were arrested on charges of corruption as part of a financial investigation. Basic offences mentioned in the police statement were fraudulent administration and misappropriation of funds.

Villar Llona is also a vice president of Uefa and was the acting president while Michel Platini was suspended in 2015. He was then fined and reprimanded by Fifa later that year following its internal inquiry into the 2018/22 World Cup bidding process.

Michael Garcia, who conducted the investigation, wrote that Villar Llona said, "Well, you really have balls" when the American lawyer refused to reveal who had made allegations against Villar Llona. He also reportedly demanded Garcia drop the case "for your own good".