Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter Face Retrial Over FIFA Payment Controversy

The former UEFA and FIFA presidents are being retried in Switzerland for alleged fraud related to a 2 million Swiss franc payment.

Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter were acquitted in 2022 but are now being retried for fraud, disloyal management, and forgery charges in Switzerland.
The case centers on a 2 million Swiss franc payment made to Platini in 2011, which prosecutors allege lacked written justification and misled FIFA's financial controls.
Platini and Blatter claim the payment was based on an oral agreement from 1998 for unpaid advisory work, though an audit disputes this justification.
The initial trial suggested the payment may have been tied to Platini's support for Blatter's 2011 FIFA re-election, a claim both men deny.
The retrial will run until March 25, with both men facing potential prison sentences of up to five years if convicted.