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Michel Platini under investigation by Fifa and could face suspension
Source: The Guardian
Michel Platini under investigation by Fifa and could face suspension
Ethics committee looking into payment he received from Sepp Blatter
Platini may now be ruled out of running for Fifa presidency
Owen Gibson
Saturday 26 September 2015 18.13 BST
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, who was favourite to succeed the Fifa president until a dramatic intervention by the Swiss attorney general, are both now understood to be under formal investigation by Fifa’s independent ethics committee and could be suspended within days.
If Platini was provisionally suspended while Fifa’s investigatory continued to look into the issues raised by the Swiss attorney general when criminal proceedings were opened against Blatter on Friday, he would be automatically ruled out of the presidential race.
Platini, who cooperated with Swiss investigators by answering questions on a two million Swiss francs payment from Blatter, that was said to be made to the detriment of the world governing body, has said he was owed the money from a contract with Fifa between 1999 and 2002 but has not explained why it took nine years for the invoice to be paid. It is understood that Fifa investigators, headed by Cornel Borbély, have formally opened files on both men and are expected to liaise with the Swiss attorney general.
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Ethics committee looking into payment he received from Sepp Blatter
Platini may now be ruled out of running for Fifa presidency
Owen Gibson
Saturday 26 September 2015 18.13 BST
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, who was favourite to succeed the Fifa president until a dramatic intervention by the Swiss attorney general, are both now understood to be under formal investigation by Fifa’s independent ethics committee and could be suspended within days.
If Platini was provisionally suspended while Fifa’s investigatory continued to look into the issues raised by the Swiss attorney general when criminal proceedings were opened against Blatter on Friday, he would be automatically ruled out of the presidential race.
Platini, who cooperated with Swiss investigators by answering questions on a two million Swiss francs payment from Blatter, that was said to be made to the detriment of the world governing body, has said he was owed the money from a contract with Fifa between 1999 and 2002 but has not explained why it took nine years for the invoice to be paid. It is understood that Fifa investigators, headed by Cornel Borbély, have formally opened files on both men and are expected to liaise with the Swiss attorney general.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/26/michel-platini-fifa-sepp-blatter-swiss-attorney-general