Sepp Blatter, the former president of Fifa, and Michel Platini, the France great and former president of Uefa, have restated their innocence in relation to allegations of fraud when appearing on Monday in a Swiss court. The Swiss federal prosecutor has appealed against that decision, leading to a new hearing at the extraordinary appeals chamber of the Swiss criminal court in Muttenz, near Basel. Blatter told the court on Monday he was not guilty of fraud. “They falsely claimed that Fifa owed Platini, or that Platini was entitled to, the sum of two million Swiss francs for advisory work,” the indictment read. The Swiss federal prosecutor is seeking a sentence of 20 months, suspended for two years, against Blatter and Platini.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2025 01:32 UTC