Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, the respective former FIFA and UEFA presidents, faced criminal charges after a U.S. government investigation found a payment worth around $2 million paid from FIFA to Platini
and Michel Platini were acquitted of corruption by a Swiss court Friday. The respective former FIFA and UEFA presidents faced criminal charges after a U.S.
government investigation found a payment worth around $2 million paid from FIFA to Platini. The 2011 payment came after what Blatter and Platini called a “gentleman’s agreement” made in 1998, which prosecutors said was just an “invention.” Blatter approved the transfer while he was campaigning to be re-elected as the head of
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