FIFA loses 6 watches worth $12,000.

Six expensive watches, prepared for display at the Player of the Year awards ceremony, have mysteriously disappeared.

These are six watches sponsored by Hublot for FIFA to use and then give to individuals receiving awards. However, these watches, with a total value of approximately $12,150, subsequently disappeared, and FIFA has been unable to determine the cause.

Ronaldo was one of the recipients of the watch. Photo: AP.

A FIFA spokesperson stated: "We are investigating what happened to the watches. They have gone missing somewhere."

The FIFA Player of the Year award ceremony was held in a conference center located between FIFA headquarters and the Zurich TV headquarters, where the six watches went missing.

Subsequently, Hublot representatives found six other watches for FIFA to use. The world football governing body had previously been embroiled in a watch-related scandal in 2014. At that time, members of the FIFA council had to return Parmigiani watches worth a total of $19,450 that they had received as gifts from the Brazilian Football Confederation.

One of the recipients of the watch was FA chairman Greg Dyke. He was prevented from donating the watch to charity and was reprimanded by FIFA for not returning it immediately. Having been involved in a similar scandal, FIFA's continued sponsorship from a watch company this time made them a laughingstock.

Claudio Ranieri, the winner of the Manager of the Year award, should have been given a watch. However, the Leicester City manager was not allowed to receive it because he is an ambassador for Hublot's competitor, Tag Heuer.

According to VNE