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Former UEFA president Michel Platini leaves Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court after the first day of his trial over a suspected fraudulent payment, in the southern Switzerland city of Bellinzona, on June 8, 2022. – Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football start a two-week trial following a mammoth investigation that began in 2015 and lasted six years. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
The former world football chief and French football legend Platini are being tried at Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona, following an investigation that began in 2015 and lasted six years.
BELLINZONA, Switzerland : Ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter denied approving fraudulent payments to French football legend Michel Platini, telling a Swiss court on Thursday that a cash transfer followed a "gentleman's agreement" between the pair.
Michel Platini "was worth his million" Swiss francs a year, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted Thursday, telling a Swiss court he could not understand why the pair were answering fraud charges. The former world football chief and French football legend Platini are being tried at Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona, following an investigation that began in 2015 and lasted six years. The pair are being tried over a two million Swiss franc ($2.08 million) payment in 2011 to Platini, who was then in charge of European football's governing body UEFA.
Michel Platini "was worth his million" Swiss francs a year, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted Thursday, telling a Swiss court he could not understand why the pair were answering fraud charges.
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