The French football legend’s lawyers pleaded Platini’s case before the FIFA investigatory chamber and later reiterated that he “is innocent”.
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The open letter comes at a time when the futures of both outgoing president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini hang in the balance, as they attend hearings before Fifa’s ethics committee to face charges of corruption.
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The hearing follows an undeclared payment of £1.35m in 2011 for work carried out by Platini on Blatter’s behalf nine years earlier.
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Before his suspension, Blatter had agreed to step down when his replacement was chosen in a February vote and Platini had been the favourite to succeed him.
Both Blatter and Platini are expected to pursue complaints, if found culpable, to the Federation Internationale de Football Association appeal committee and then the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
We are confident that the new reform measures approved by the FIFA Executive Committee in December, alongside the separate actions of the Swiss and USA authorities, will lay the foundations for a stronger, more transparent and more accountable and more ethical governing body of football.
“The evidence demonstrates that President Blatter behaved properly and certainly did not violate Fifa’s code of ethics”. FIFA’s ethics committee has asked for sanctions against Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini after finishing investigations into their alleged financial wrongdoing. “But neither is Mr Platini impartial”.
“The future of FIFA and the global development of football depend on our full commitment to embracing a change in culture from top to bottom”, Hayatou wrote in an open letter co-signed by Markus Kattner, FIFA’s acting secretary general. Platini boycotted his hearing on Friday.
“President Blatter looks forward to a decision in his favour, because the evidence requires it”, Blatter’s lawyer Richard Cullen said.
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A source close to FIFA’s temporary leadership said “it is not the investigators job to be impartial”.
