Banned ex-Uefa president Michel Platini says he is planning to return to football after Swiss federal prosecutors confirmed he was not being charged in an investigation into possible financial wrongdoing. Mr Platini, 62, said in a statement it is “the end of a long nightmare for my family and those close to me”. Ex-Fifa president Sepp Blatter (Liam McBurney/PA)The evidence related to Blatter authorising Fifa to pay Mr Platini $2 million (£1.5 million) in uncontracted back salary in 2011. Mr Platini was eventually banned for four years, until October 2019. Mr Platini, a former France captain and coach, said: “I will come back: where, when, how?

Source: Irish Examiner May 26, 2018 09:45 UTC