Football: Ex-Fifa chief Blatter 'optimistic' after third day of grilling by Swiss prosecutor

Football: Ex-Fifa chief Blatter 'optimistic' after third day of grilling by Swiss prosecutor

The Straits Times - Sports·2021-08-12 06:04

GENEVA (AFP) - Former world football chief Sepp Blatter remains "optimistic" on Wednesday (Aug 11), his spokesman said, as he faces a fourth day of questioning by a Swiss prosecutor investigating a suspect Fifa payment to Michel Platini.

Fifa's ex-president Blatter is being investigated over a two million Swiss franc (S$2.9 million) payment in 2011 to Platini, who was then in charge of European football's governing body Uefa.

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