Swiss prosecutors are presently investigating FIFA former president Blatter, 85, for a payment of two million Swiss franc ($2.2 million, 1.85 million euro) to Platini in 2011, who was then in charge of European football’s governing body UEFA.
Blatter is due to return to the federal prosecutor’s office in Zurich, the city where FIFA has its headquarters for the final hearing in the investigation, he confirmed during a briefing with journalists.
“It is a normal audience. It’s the first part. The second part will be tomorrow(today) ,” he told journalists waiting outside. “It was in a good spirit.”
Blatter, who was accompanied by his lawyer Lorenzo Erni, said he would spend the rest of the day resting and working. He smiled and waved as he was driven away. The hearing with a federal prosecutor from the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Switzerland was postponed to August due to the retired Swiss football administrator’s health.
Joseph “Sepp” Blatter joined FIFA in 1975, became its general secretary in 1981 and the president of world football’s governing body in 1998 but was forced to stand down in 2015.
