The duo Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been put on the sidelines of the football world since 2015, when their connections to the FIFA corruption scandal have come to light. The International Football Federation wants to go a step further and plans to sue the former heads of FIFY and UEFY. The claim is to concern the payment of compensation by a Swiss and a Frenchman.
The lawsuit presented by the FIFA management committee has primarily one purpose - to recover lost money. The exact amount of compensation is two million Swiss francs, which is equivalent to the amount received by Michel Platini from Sepp Blatter in 2011. This event resulted in the former Juventus player being excluded from all football activities by the FIFA Ethics Committee for a period of eight years including 2022 FIFA world cup Qatar, although after some time the penalty was reduced to four years and from October last year Michel Platini can again function in the football world.
The first mentions of a possible lawsuit appeared last month due to the lack of money paid to the Federation's account. Although the proceedings conducted by the Ethics Committee led to the determination that the said payment was an "undue payment", it was agreed that these circumstances should not prevent Platini from being brought to court. What are FIFA's expectations for Platini? The federation wants Platini to pay out nearly 2.1 million Swiss francs. And what exactly makes up the whole sum? Two million are the arrears mentioned above, but in addition, the headquarters are counting on Platini to pay the fine imposed by FIFA and to pay the legal costs of court proceedings. FIFA has less and less time to start a court battle because according to Swiss law