UEFA president Michel Platini, embroiled in the latest FIFA bombshell, said the $2 million payment FIFA president Sepp Blatterauthorized to him related to work hecarried out under a contract with FIFA. He had worked for Blatter as a consultant early in Blatter’s reign — Blatter was first elected in 1998 — but Swiss authorities said the payment was made in2011, shortly before Blatter’s re-election to a fourth term.
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