Thursday, March 30, 2017

Soccer-Former UEFA chief Platini lashes out at Blatter (Reuters)

Former UEFA President Michel Platini (L) leaves the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after being heard in the arbitration procedure involving him and the FIFA in Lausanne, Switzerland, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy Picture Supplied by Action Images

Ex-UEFA president Michel Platini has criticized former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter, saying the Swiss who led soccer's world body for 17 years was determined to make him "his last scalp". Platini and Blatter were banned from all football-related activities, initially for eight years, over a 2 million Swiss francs ($2.00 million) payment FIFA made to Platini in 2011, with Blatter’s approval, for work done a decade earlier. The Frenchman said the 81-year-old Blatter was the most selfish person he had ever known.


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