Blatter called as witness in Platini’s appeal against FIFA ban

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been called as a witness in Mitchel Platini’s appeal against a six-year FIFA ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.on Friday.

Platini, the UEFA president, was suspended by FIFA’s ethics committee for receiving a two million dollars payment in 2011 from Blatter.

Blatter has also been suspended for six years and is challenging his sanction. His appeal will be heard at a later date.

Both men deny any wrongdoing, and each is effectively the main defense witness for the other.

They claim they had a verbal contract for Platini to get backdated salary for work as Blatter’s presidential adviser in 1999-2002.