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Everton’s change of heart regarding betting companies

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2022

Platini was worth every centime, former Fifa boss Blatter tells Swiss fraud trial

Sepp Blatter, who for nearly two decades ruled as the most powerful administrator in world football, insisted on Thursday that Michel Platini, one of his most illustrious advisors, justified his massive fees.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 9, 2022

Platini Was Worth a Million, Blatter Tells Court

Michel Platini "was worth his million" Swiss francs a year, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted Thursday, telling a Swiss court he could not understand why the pair were answering fraud charges. The former world football chief and French football legend Platini are being tried at Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 9, 2022

Trial of Blatter, Platini over corrupt FIFA payments begins

Swiss prosecutors accuse former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini of unlawfully arranging a payment of $2 million in 2011

The Hindu · Jun 8, 2022

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini in attendance as Fifa fraud trial begins

Blatter and Platini are in a Swiss criminal court for their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding Fifa

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022

Smiling Blatter enters court at start of FIFA fraud trial

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have arrived at a Swiss criminal court for their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding FIFA

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini’s corruption trial delayed as ex-FIFA chief ‘too ill to testify’

The two men are accused of arranging for a £1.6 million payment from FIFA to Platini in 201

Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2022

Former football chiefs Blatter and Platini face Swiss fraud trial

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, face trial on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 8, 2022

Blatter, Platini finally going to court in FIFA fraud trial

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini’s 11-day trial on charges of defrauding soccer governing body FIFA starts Wednesday

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

Trial of Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini will make for electric theatre

After a seven-year investigation, the two football powerbrokers are in court this week to face fraud, embezzlement and corruption charges

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022