Suspicions of fraud at FIFA: Michel Platini, acquitted, counter-attack

It’s not his best victory, but Michel Platini takes the time to savor it. On Friday July 8, the former footballer was acquitted by the Swiss criminal court. He had been accused of fraud since 2015, for having received a payment of 1.8 million euros from FIFA. The case had shattered the ambitions of Michel Platini, approached in 2015 to take the lead in world football, following Sepp Blatter.

Before the Swiss court, Michel Platini explained that the payment received from FIFA was additional remuneration for his work between 1998 and 2002, as an adviser to Sepp Blatter. There was no contract, but, according to him, an oral negotiation. A version deemed plausible today by the court.

Triple golden ball, Michel Platini says today to have won a match, but he wants his revenge, and evokes a plot against him. He filed a complaint against Gianni Infantino, elected since the head of FIFA. The current management of FIFA has not yet announced its intention, or not, to appeal.