This is an event that has not yet taken place, but which is already causing a lot of ink to flow… In a few weeks, the World Cup in Qatar will begin and the competition is the subject of many controversies. and several major cities, including Paris, have decided not to show matches on giant screens. An attribution which somewhat surprised as the country of the Arabian Peninsula is not particularly known for its footballing culture. Several cases have been revealed in the press and French personalities have played a rather vague role in this attribution, including the former president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), Michael Platini.
According to information from several French media, the former legend of Juventus of Turin would have used his influence to tip the scales in favor of Qatar when voting in exchange for remuneration. A case in which the journalists of Further investigationthe investigative program presented by Tristan Waleckx on France 2. When he reached him as he was walking down the street, a journalist asked Michel Platini: “For France 2, for further investigation… You received two million euros a few weeks after your vote for Qatar. Is there a connection between these two events?.
Exasperated, Michel Platini tirelessly repeats the same sentence
A question that does not seem to please the 67-year-old former footballer at all, who answers in his own way: “What do I give a fuck about France 2?”. Faced with the insistence of the journalist, who asks the same question again, Michel Platini does not budge. “What do I give a fuck about France 2? I hope it will pass”, he insists in reference to the sequence obviously filmed by a cameraman. This is also the only answer that the former Ballon d’Or will make for the whole sequence, quite annoyed by the question.