TOP STORIES - Blatter insists Platini was influenced to vote for Qatar

Published on: 23 November 2021

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Ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter also said in an interview with Le Monde that former French President Nicolas Sarkozy persuaded then-UEFA President Michel Platini to vote for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

“Sarkozy invited Platini to join the end of a lunch at the Elysee Palace attended by Crown Prince Tamim. Platini called me the next morning to say: “You can probably no longer count on me & my voices because the head of state asked if I could support Qatar.” I was of course, frustrated with Platini.”

Platini also responded: “It has been 5 years since Sepp Blatter made the same false and baseless allegation. I thought that getting older gave access to wisdom & truth. What he says is absolutely false… It was totally impossible for Nicolas Sarkozy to influence my vote.”

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