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Blatter: Platini payment was 'gentleman's agreement'

Bellinzona (Switzerland) (AFP) - Sepp Blatter struck a "gentleman's agreement" with Michel Platini to pay him a million Swiss francs ($1.02 million) a year as an adviser, the former world football chief told their trial on Thursday.

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Platini was worth every centime, former Fifa boss Blatter tells Swiss fraud trial

Sepp Blatter, who for nearly two decades ruled as the most powerful administrator in world football, insisted on Thursday that Michel Platini, one of his most illustrious advisors, justified his massive fees.

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Platini Was Worth a Million, Blatter Tells Court

Michel Platini "was worth his million" Swiss francs a year, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted Thursday, telling a Swiss court he could not understand why the pair were answering fraud charges. The former world football chief and French football legend Platini are being tried at Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court…

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Platini was worth a million, Blatter tells court

Bellinzona (Switzerland) (AFP) - Michel Platini "was worth his million" Swiss francs a year, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted Thursday, telling a Swiss court he could not understand why the pair were answering fraud charges.

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Sepp Blatter unable to testify at opening day of Fifa fraud trial due to chest pains

Blatter and Michel Platini are in a Swiss criminal court for their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding Fifa

The Independent UK

Ex-soccer chief Blatter too ill to testify at his fraud trial

The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments ground to a halt on Wednesday when Blatter said he was too ill to testify.

Reuters

Fallen football chiefs Blatter and Platini start fraud trial

Bellinzona (Switzerland) (AFP) - Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, appeared in a Swiss court on Wednesday to face trial over a suspected fraudulent payment.

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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini in court as corruption trial starts in Switzerland

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA president Michel Platini arrived in court in Switzerland this morning to face corruption charges.

Evening Standard

Trial of Blatter, Platini over corrupt FIFA payments begins

Swiss prosecutors accuse former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini of unlawfully arranging a payment of $2 million in 2011

The Hindu

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini in attendance as Fifa fraud trial begins

Blatter and Platini are in a Swiss criminal court for their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding Fifa

The Independent UK

Trial opens for fallen football chiefs Blatter and Platini

Bellinzona (Switzerland) (AFP) - Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, went on trial in Switzerland on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment.

AFP

Smiling Blatter enters court at start of FIFA fraud trial

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have arrived at a Swiss criminal court for their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding FIFA

The Independent UK

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini’s corruption trial delayed as ex-FIFA chief ‘too ill to testify’

The two men are accused of arranging for a £1.6 million payment from FIFA to Platini in 201

Evening Standard

Former football chiefs Blatter and Platini face Swiss fraud trial

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, face trial on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top.

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Fallen football chiefs Blatter and Platini face fraud trial

Lausanne (AFP) - Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, face trial on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top.

The Independent UK

Blatter, Platini finally going to court in FIFA fraud trial

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini’s 11-day trial on charges of defrauding soccer governing body FIFA starts Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Trial of Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini will make for electric theatre

After a seven-year investigation, the two football powerbrokers are in court this week to face fraud, embezzlement and corruption charges

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PSG focused on Mbappe future after consolation prize of Ligue 1 title

Paris (AFP) - Paris Saint-Germain have equalled the French record by winning their 10th league title, moving level with the mark established by the Saint-Etienne team of Michel Platini, but rarely has a such a historic achievement in football felt like such an anti-climax.

The Independent UK

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini to stand trial in June charged with fraud

The pair were charged last November following a six-year investigation

Evening Standard

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini to face FIFA corruption trial in June

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini will stand trial in a Swiss court over allegations of corruption in June.

AFP

Platini and Blatter fraud trial set for June

Lausanne (AFP) - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA chief Michel Platini will appear before Swiss prosecutors on charges of fraud from June 8-22, a Swiss court said Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

Michel Platini issues plea to Vladimir Putin as FIFA boss Gianni Infantino remains silent

Ex-footballer Michel Platini - who was UEFA president for nine years and backed Russia hosting the World Cup in 2018 - wants Vladimir Putin to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi told they should have made same career move

The pair both made moves in a summer transfer window that saw Ronaldo make a triumphant return to Old Trafford while Messi left Barcelona after 21 years for the bright lights of PSG

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