Michel Platini

Fraud case designed to wreck Platini’s chance of FIFA top job, lawyer says

“These criminal proceedings never had the goal of punishing an alleged crime. Rather, it was a means of getting Michel Platini out of the way,” his lawyer Dominic Nellen said
“The public criminal proceedings against Michel Platini was thus opened, with the effect that Michel Platini could not become president of FIFA”

By Reuters · 05 March 2025