The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) dismissed Thursday the former boss of the UEFAMichel Platini, estimating that his suspension at the end of 2015 from all football-related activity for four years, for a controversial payment received from the ex - President of Fifa, Sepp Blatter, was "justified".
Platini v. Switzerland - the ban on exercising a professional activity linked to football was justifiedhttps: //t.co/OnuwKWUqzp#ECHR #CEDH
- ECHR CEDH (@ECHR_CEDH) March 5, 2020The ECHR considers that "in view of the gravity of the offenses committed, the high position that Mr. Platini occupied in football bodies and the need to restore the reputation of this sport like that of FIFA, the sanction imposed seems neither excessive nor arbitrary, ”according to a press release from the institution.
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