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French Football Federation not targeted by Swiss officials - Le Graet

French Football Federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet has stressed that Swiss authorities who took evidence from the organisation's headquarters on Wednesday do not suspect it of any wrongdoing.

Swiss officials made their move on the FFF's offices with the consent of the governing body and the assistance of French judicial authorities as part of their criminal investigation into former FIFA president Sepp Blatter.

Blatter is being investigated over a two million Swiss francs (£1.35m) transfer made by FIFA to then-UEFA president Michel Platini in 2011. Both men claim an oral contract covered the payment, which they say was made for work Platini carried out as an advisor to Blatter nine years previously.