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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted of corruption by Swiss court

Published 10:18 8 Jul 2022 BST

Daniel Brown
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted of corruption by Swiss court

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Both men were banned from football for eight years in 2015

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini have been acquitted of corruption by a Swiss court. Criminal proceedings were launched into the pair after a payment of two million Swiss francs (£1.7m) from FIFA to Platini was uncovered in 2015. At the time, Platini was the president of UEFA and a FIFA vice-president and he was expected to succeed Blatter as president of FIFA. https://twitter.com/footballdaily/status/1545321073432006656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1545321073432006656%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.joe.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fsepp-blatter-michel-platini-acquitted-346872 Both men were banned from football for eight years in 2015, but this was later reduced.

Swiss prosecutors had said it "was made without a legal basis" and "unlawfully enriched Platini" but the judge in their trial found them not guilty. Platini will now get back his two million Swiss francs.

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