Blatter Platini warned that this would be arrested if he did not withdraw the candidacy – The outgoing president of FIFA, Joseph Blatter, confessed that the leader of the UEFA Michel Platini warned for his arrest if he did not leave the office the governing body of world football.
Blatter revealed in an interview with Dutch newspaper Volkskrant that Platini warned his brother Peter Blatter during the last electoral congress, last May, of which Joseph was recandidatasse the post would be arrested.
“During lunch, Platini sat next to my brother and said to him, tells Sepp to give up the application, or will be arrested”, he told the Journal.
However, a source close to Platini, contacted by AFP, considers the claims of Blatter “ridiculous claims”. “This complete fabrication is the latest in a series of attempts to distract everyone, since the problems began to affect FIFA. Are ridiculous allegations, they deserve no answer, “said the source.
Also during the interview with the Dutch newspaper, Joseph Blatter says have felt “betrayed” by Michel Platini, with whom he maintained a relationship “almost from father to son.” “He worked with me for four years in FIFA, after the World Cup 1998 in France. In 2007, he assumed the presidency of UEFA with my help. Platini has changed and it can only know what goes on in your head, “he concluded.
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