Muttenz, Switzerland, March 3, 2025 (AFP) - 'FIFA owed me this money' says Platini in appeals court

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2025-03-03

Michel Platini, the former head of UEFA, told a Swiss appeals court on Monday, where his acquittal on fraud charges is being examined, that FIFA "owed" him the two million Swiss francs ($2.2 million) at the heart of the case. "I still don't understand why the public prosecutor's office is picking on me," the French three-time Ballon d'Or winner said at the start of his hearing. The special appeals court, sitting in Muttenz near Basel, is hearing......

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