Platini free to return to football but Qatar investigation goes on | Malay Mail

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LAUSANNE, Oct 5 ― Former Uefa president Michel Platini is finally free to return to football next week when his four-year ban for ethics violations ends, although he remains linked to a corruption investigation in his home country relating to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The former France captain...

Saturday, 05 Oct 2019 09:28 AM MYT

The former France captain and national coach went on to become one of the game's most prominent administrators when he was elected president of European football's governing body in 2007. The payment, made in 2011 when Blatter was seeking re-election as president, was related to work carried out by Platini between 1999 and 2002.Platini, now 64, has been battling to clear his name ever since, although his ban was reduced to four years from an initial six, leaving him free to work in football again when the suspension expires on Monday.

“My wife taught me never to go back, to not experience the same love affair twice. So yes, that closes doors for me, notably those at Uefa,” he said. By then, the Qatar World Cup will have come and gone, but Platini has been dogged by his connections to the controversial awarding of that tournament.

 

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