Instead of focusing on the intended agenda of naming a successor to Republic of Ireland boss Mick McCarthy, tomorrow's FAI meeting is now set to be dominated by the furore surrounding the Stg£100,000 bonus payment made to McCarthy before he tendered his resignation last November.
In the wake of the Genesis Report, it has been claimed that McCarthy was advised by a senior FAI official during last summer's World Cup Finals to negotiate a bonus before he signed a new contract.
The £100,000 payment was granted as a "special performance" bonus after Ireland reached the knock-out stages before losing a penalty shoot-out to Spain.
At this stage McCarthy and the FAI had already agreed to almost double his salary from £180,000 to £350,000 back in February but McCarthy had still not signed the new two-year contract before leaving for Japan.
The six-figure sum was first disclosed to the FAI Board of Management in September with the-then general secretary, Brendan Menton, the focus of much criticism.
Menton stressed the delay in getting the contract signed was down to a clash of sponsors' interests as McCarthy had a private boot deal with Adidas - which clashed with the FAI's squad sponsors, Umbro.
When contacted by ireland.com this morning, an FAI spokesperson confirmed that the issue of McCarthy's payment would be on the agenda of tomorrow's meeting - in the Red Cow Inn, Dublin, at 1.30 p.m. - but refused to comment any further.