GENEVA, Aug 20 — Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter says he will continue fighting fraud allegations, and does not fear his case possibly going to trial, he told a Swiss weekly in an interview to be published Sunday.
In the case that shook world sport, Blatter is being investigated over a two million Swiss franc payment to Michel Platini in 2011, who was then in charge of European football’s governing body Uefa. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, which has said Blatter faces “suspicion of fraud, breach of trust and unfaithful business management,” has yet to announce whether it will indict him or dismiss the case.Le Matin Dimanche“I am not afraid of a trial,” he said in the interview, due to be published Sunday, adding that he had heard from a number of lawyers that the case against him was not credible.
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