Hours after complaining that their access to data was still being blocked, Swiss prosecutors late yesterday confirmed that FIFA was going to unseal email accounts belonging to Jerome Valcke, the FIFA secretary general who was suspended by the organisation last week.

In an emailed statement, Andre Marty, spokesman for Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber, said that the decision by FIFA means that investigators “will have access to Mr Valcke’s email accounts as requested.”

A few hours earlier, Marty issued a statement complaining that FIFA had agreed to turn over Valcke’s emails only “if several conditions will be fulfilled” and therefore it didn’t have access.

In a statement after the OAG’s announcement, FIFA said its objective all along has been to co-operate with Swiss investigators.

Access to emails could give Swiss investigators insight into potentially valuable information about Valcke’s work, and that of other officials, within the troubled body.

Swiss investigators have been looking into FIFA corruption in a parallel probe to the one being carried out by the US Department of Justice (DOJ). In May, the DOJ indicted 14 football officials and sports marketing executives on a series of corruption-related charges, with seven arrested in Zurich just before a FIFA congress.

Valcke, a 54-year-old Frenchman, has been in the general secretary’s job for the past eight years.

Ticket dealer Benny Alon produced documents last week claiming there was a deal between his company, JB Sports Marketing, and Valcke. The former Israeli player said he agreed in 2013 to pay cash to Valcke to secure plum World Cup tickets in Brazil but the deal was not completed.

Valcke’s lawyer last week “unequivocally” denied the allegations.