Ex-Uefa president Michel Platini could receive cash
compensation from European football's governing body, even though he is serving
a four-year suspension for corruption.
German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Tuesday
claims that Platini could yet receive a pay-out as part of a severance and
retirement package.
Uefa confirmed to AFP that Platini no long receives a
salary, but the matter of any remuneration will be discussed.
"The overall matter of his remuneration since his
suspension will be addressed by the Uefa Executive Committee in due course
following advice and proposals from the newly formed Uefa Compensation
Committee and Legal experts," Uefa said in a statement.
Platini was originally suspended last December by Fifa's
ethics committee from any football-related activity, which was reduced to six
years on appeal, then to four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport
(CAS).
Platini and former Fifa leader Sepp Blatter are both under
criminal investigation by Swiss prosecutors over a $2 million payment that
Blatter authorised in 2011 for work carried out a decade earlier without a
contract.
Platini was elected to a third five-year-term in March 2015,
but was suspended last October over the payment and never returned to his
office. He officially resigned in May.
Last week, the 62-year-old French football legend said his
'conscience is clear' with regard to any wrong doing and has said that he will
continue the fight to clear his name.
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