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Michel Platini’s attempts to explain his £1.35 million payment from Fifa are “just not enough,” the head of the German Football League (DFL) said yesterday.
DFL president Reinhard Rauball said the Uefa president has yet to present a “credible explanation” of the reasons behind a nine-year delay in the payment, which was made in 2011.
Rauball said: “What Platini has told us so far is just not enough.
“He has to give credible explanation to the public and football fans — and that is the emphasis: credible.”
The payment of 2m Swiss francs for work apparently carried out for Fifa between 1999 and 2002 is the subject of a criminal probe involving Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
Platini’s status has been described by the Swiss attorney general as ‘’in between a witness and accused person.”
The Uefa president is still determined to stand for the Fifa presidency and has said the delay was because of Fifa’s financial position at the time but has not explained why there was a delay of nine years.
