Platini denies wrongdoing in Qatar World Cup case
Banned ex-UEFA boss Michel Platini, questioned Tuesday over alleged corruption in the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, has done "absolutely nothing" wrong, his representatives said.
Lawyer William Bourdon, representing for the former UEFA chief, arrives in the vicinity of The Central Office for Combating Corruption and Financial and Tax Crimes (L’Office central de lutte contre la corruption et les infractions financières et fiscales) (OCLCIFF) in Nanterre, west of Paris on June 18, 2019. – The banned ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini was arrested on June 18, 2019, in connection with a criminal investigation into the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. The French football legend elected to lead European football’s governing body in 2007 was taken into custody by French anti-corruption police investigating the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to the gas-rich Gulf state. (Photo by Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP)
The French football legend, who led European football’s governing body from 2007 to 2015, was called in for questioning by anti-corruption police examining concerns over allegations of wrongdoing in Qatar’s candidacy to host the event.
“He has done absolutely nothing wrong and affirms that he is totally unrelated to the facts (of the case) which are unknown to him,” said a statement from Platini’s representatives.
His lawyer, William Bourdon, denied that Platini had been placed under arrest by the police, saying that he had been questioned “as a witness”, according to the statement.
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