Partner of the week

Visa – putting 2011's headline stand against Fifa's corruption apex behind them ("This is not good for the game … we ask Fifa to resolve it") by signing an extended partnership to 2022. "Visa couldn't be more excited."

• Signing off the renewal: Fifa's Jérôme Valcke – eight years after he secured the original deal by "lying repeatedly" to elevate the price. Rival bidder Mastercard sued for $90m and Valcke was sacked – a New York court hearing how among the "white lies, commercial lies, bluffs, pure lies, straight untruths and perjury, Mr Valcke even lied when testifying about his lies". Sepp rehired him eight months later.

• Also contained in the 2006 court ruling [pdf] – quotes from internal Fifa emails discussing "different excuses" to avoid a law suit; strategies for "how we can still be seen as having at least some business ethics"; and for how to "make the whole f***-up look better for Fifa".

Meanwhile

Also last week from Zurich: Fifa.com hailing a "landmark" moment: Fifa's total financial grants towards football development since 1999 passing the $1bn mark for the first time. • 2009: the moment Fifa's cash reserves passed the $1bn mark [pdf] – currently $1.3bn.

And one to watch

Aug 2013: Sepp calls on Russia for clarification on its anti-gay law – a potential breach of Fifa's discrimination statutes leading to possible "suspension or expulsion". Jan 2014: Vladimir Putin provides it.

Busy week for

Spain's FA head Angel María Villar: 1) Appointing a new integrity commissioner briefed to "enforce zero tolerance on fraud in football"; And 2) Requesting clemency for ex-Sevilla president José María Del Nido, sentenced to seven years last month for embezzlement.

Breakthrough of the week

Poland: Prosecutors ruling on Lech Poznan chants of "Move on Jews", "Your home is at Auschwitz" and "We're sending you to the gas chambers" – finding they did not incite racial hatred as they were aimed at opposition fans, not "specifically at Jews".

Plus: lost in translation

Italy: Serie A signing a partnership deal with Panini and Disney to launch a new "Mickey Mouse initiative in the fight against racism".

Money news: fair play update

2013: Chelsea hail "serious progress" on their commitment to financial fair play, announcing "a £1.4m profit, contrasting with a loss of £67.7m in the previous financial year". 2014: Chelsea announce a £49m loss, ahead of the transfer window.

Also making progress

Rangers – asking players to take wage cuts, 13 months after raising £22.2m in a share issue. Ex-chief executive Charles Green, paid £933,000 as the club lost £14.4m, told fans: "We are rebuilding; Rangers will rise again."

Best campaigners

Dunkin' Donuts-backed Liverpool. May 2013: "Our Foundation is dedicated to improving people's lives through the power of the LFC badge. Obesity is a major public health issue on Merseyside."

Moving on

Last week's manager news:

• Oct 2013: Catania president Antonino Pulvirenti sacks coach Rolando Maran. Dec 2013: Defends new coach Luigi De Canio. "He inherited a mess. My only regret? Not sacking Maran sooner." Jan 2014: Sacks De Canio, rehires Maran.

• 3 Jan: Philippines FA head Mariano 'Nonong' Araneta says press spin twisted his words about coach Michael Weiss. "They added such negativity to what were constructive comments. He has done many beautiful things." 13 Jan: Sacks him.

Employee of the month

Steve Bruce, weighing up Hull owner Assem Allam's statements that "no one on earth is allowed to question my business decisions" and that critics "can die as soon as they want". Bruce: "We should be singing his name from the rooftops."

Feeling wonderful

Sep 2013: Stoke's Kenwyne Jones says he would have left if Tony Pulis had stayed. "The atmosphere - and the entire squad could testify to it - wasn't good. It's been wonderful since the new manager came in." Jan 2014: Goes on strike.

Spat of the week

Spain: Neymar taking legal action against model Laryssa Souza de Oliveira for claiming a romp. Lawyers say the comments were "baseless and slanderous in the name of self-promotion"; De Oliveira: "I don't say things I can't prove."

Best ambition

Brazil: Aparecidense physio Romildo Fonseca da Silva, famous for invading a pitch last year to make an 89th-minute goalline clearance, says he's standing for public office in Goiás on a social justice ticket. "The club told me to forget it, but the public really want me."

Plus: new man of the week

Brazil: Ronaldinho, posing in a pool with five women in thongs lying at his feet. Brother Roberto Assis says critics are uptight. "Do I approve? Yes I approve. What's the fuss? He's on vacation, he's single, he's at peace with life. He's just basking in a pool with women."