Michel Platini has defended himself over the payment he received from Sepp Blatter, stating it was "carried out under a contract with FIFA."
Michel Platini has claimed a lack of funds at FIFA was the reason why he was not paid for nine years for work carried out on behalf of the organization's president Sepp Blatter.
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) opened proceedings against Blatter last week on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation, which also uncovered a "disloyal payment" to Platini in 2011 in relation to work done between 1999 and 2002 when the Frenchman was a special advisor to the 79-year-old.