Mitchel Platini files criminal complaint against Infantino | Breaking News

Former UEFA president Michel Platini has filed a criminal complaint against current FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

In a statement released on behalf of Platini on Tuesday, Platini’s lawyers said they filed the complaint in France alleging Infantino peddled influence and that Marco Villiger, FIFA’s legal director until 2018, was complicit.

Platini asked French prosecutors to seek international cooperation to question Infantino, Villiger and four other men in Switzerland, including former attorney general Michael Lauber.

The criminal complaint was filed in November, two weeks after Platini was indicted in Switzerland and former FIFA president Sepp Blatter on fraud charges.

That case relates to a 2011 payment of 2 million Swiss francs (then $2 million) to Platini that led to both men being banned from football in 2015. Infantino was elected FIFA president weeks later.

The trial of Blatter and Platini at the federal criminal court in Switzerland is expected this year.

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