INTERVIEW
On October 7, 2015, the internal suspension imposed on Michel Platini by FIFA was completed. At the time, the FIFA Ethics Committee deprived him of any activity related to football for "unfair payment". . Since then, Swiss justice has cleared him in this case. Gilles Bouleau and TF1 have therefore chosen to give the floor to the former French international in 20 hours, the mag . "A speech-free man who has been whitewashed," said the journalist, who took him to his home village of Jœuf, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, to interview him.
"Free to ask the questions we wanted"
"I discovered someone who is quite secretive, (...) intelligent," says Gilles Bouleau in Media Culture . The journalist took advantage of the recent news of Michel Platini to discuss with him his future, but also the past affairs that have removed him from football. "It's up to us to ask the questions we wanted," says Gilles Bouleau. The journalist points out that the former French international did not have a right to look at the editing of the interview.
Sepp Blatter? "He does not just say nice things"
The person of Sepp Blatter, also sentenced in 2015, is obviously on the agenda of the interview. "It does not say that nice things," recognizes the presenter of the 20 hours of TF1. As for the future of Michel Platini, the question was also asked. "Will he fight to take the lead of the FFF or Fifa?" Asks Gilles Bouleau. Element of response Monday evening, at 20 hours, on TF1 therefore.