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Michel Platini’s trial opened on Wednesday June 8. He is on trial for fraud in a Swiss court, along with former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter. It all started with the payment of nearly 2 million euros to Michel Platini by FIFA in 2011, for work as an adviser carried out nine years earlier.
Michel Platini, former UEFA president, arrived at the Swiss Federal Court on the morning of Wednesday 8 June. This is the start of a two week trial. He and former FIFA President Sepp Blatter face up to five years in prison. From 1998 to 2002, Michel Platini worked as an advisor to Sepp Blatter. A contract of 270,000 euros per year has been signed. In 2011, he received an additional €1.9 million from FIFA, on the orders of Sepp Blatter.
An unjustified payment according to the accusation. Michel Platini evokes for his part a remainder following an oral agreement. “I made an invoice, I paid my taxes, I don’t see what’s wrong”, he commented in 2015. The affair, revealed in 2015, caused the fall of two leaders. Sepp Blatter has resigned after 17 years at the helm of FIFA. Michel Platini, favorite to succeed him, was suspended from all football-related activity for four years.
Gianni Infantino, his former right-hand man, has settled at the top of world football. Curious calendar, according to the lawyer of Michel Platini, Me Najwa El Haïté. “The problems started from the moment he declared his candidacy for the presidency of FIFA. Who benefited from the fall of Michel Platini, in reality? To Gianni Infantino”she comments.