A FIFA spokesman told AFP that specialist labour lawyers Nirmala Dias and Andreas Blattmann would "work with employees of FIFA to explore and assist them in determining options to help resolve conflicts, problematic issues or concerns".

Blatt­mann ad­vi­ses and re­pres­ents na­tio­nal and in­ter­na­tio­nal cli­ents in com­plex do­mestic and in­ter­na­tio­nal sta­te court li­ti­ga­ti­on as well as ar­bi­tra­ti­on or ad­mi­nis­tra­ti­ve pro­cee­dings.

Dias’ preferred field of activities include legal advice and litigation, labour law, public labour law, tenancy law, work contract law, contract law, insurance law and mediation.

Both have already started their work.

FIFA said they would also "bring systemic concerns to the attention of the organisation for resolution". 

But it added that the lawyers would not have any dealings with national associations.

A number of staff members have departed FIFA since Gianni Infantino was elected to replace Sepp Blatter as President in February of last year.

Among them is Ralf Mutschke, who last month left his position as director of security after four-and-a-half years in the role.

The German was appointed by Blatter, who failed in his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over his six-year ban from football last month, in March 2012 and was the official tasked with leading the fight against match-fixing in the sport.

Details of a potential successor to Mutschke, a former director at Interpol, have yet to be revealed by FIFA.

Others to have left the organisation include chief medical officer Jiri Dvorak, who had served with world football’s governing body for 22 years until his employment came to an end on November 2.

Two heads of service who allegedly told FIFA's Ethics Committee about how Infantino used private jets Russia to Qatar, host nations of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups respectively, have also reportedly left.

Infantino was cleared of breaching FIFA’s Code of Ethics in August.

Vanessa Allard, a member of the Investigatory Chamber of the Ethics Committee which opened formal proceedings against the Swiss-Italian, said "the occurrences related to the flights taken by Mr Infantino did not represent" violations of the Code of Ethics.