Ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini, flanked by his lawyer William Bourdon, talks to the media as he leaves the Central Office for Combating Corruption and Financial and Tax Crimes after being arrested in connection with a criminal investigation into the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, in Nanterre, west of Paris in the early hours of June 19, 2019. - The banned ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini was freed from French custody Wednesday, an AFP journalist said, after several hours of questioning in connection with a criminal investigation into the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
"He is no longer in custody," William Bourdon, the lawyer of the French football legend, said shortly before 1:00 am. There had been "a lot of fuss over nothing", he added. (Photo by Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP) (Photo credit should read ZAKARIA ABDELKAFI/AFP via Getty Images)
Considerado el hombre que inclinó la balanza a favor de Qatar por su polémico voto a favor de otorgar el Mundial de 2022 al emirato el 2 de diciembre de 2010, Michel Platini no acudirá a la competición.
«No he recibido ninguna invitación, salvo de muchos medios, y no tengo intención de ir allí», trunca este sábado el expresidente de la UEFA en las columnas de L’Equipe.
Es cierto que la presencia del exinternacional francés en Qatar probablemente no habría hecho más que reavivar la polémica en torno a su voto…
