This archive report was first published on 7 September 2019.
Published on September 7, 2019, Michel Platini, the former Uefa president, has announced his intention to return to football after his ban for ethics violations expires on October 7, 2015.
Platini, a former France captain, was suspended from all football-related activities in 2015 after receiving a Sh200 million ($2 million) payment from ex-Fifa chief Sepp Blatter, who was suspended for six years.
"I will be back. I don't know where, I don't know how. I can't stay on the suspension, even if it's a suspension made by idiots," Platini said in an interview with Swiss television channel RTS.
Platini, 64, claimed he was a victim of a plot between Fifa officials and the Swiss public ministry, which he alleged had an agreement to sack him.
