Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson's mistress received 509,000 dollars to sell her story to two Sunday newspapers, according to what has been told to a UK jury.
According to News.com.au, Faria Alam, 47, began an affair with Eriksson while working as a secretary at the FA and the Old Bailey has heard first details emerged when the News of the World hacked their phones.
Their affair began after he took Alam on dinner dates and then lunch in a private dining room in London, the court heard on Thursday, the report said.
After she was fired because of the relationship in September 2004, publicist Max Clifford cut a deal for the News of the World (NotW) and Mail on Sunday to give her money her side of the story, the court heard.