Qatar 2022: "The vote, in my case, has been transparent" (Michel Platini)

"For Qatar 2022, I have not been influenced. I was not pressured by the President of the Republic at the time (Nicolas Sarkozy). Voting, in my case, has been transparent, and we have always said that if there is the slightest hint of corruption, then there would be a new vote. But for now, we do not know," said Michel Platini, president of UEFA (Union of European Football Associations), on 15/10/2014.

"We decided perhaps for the winter, and me, I had campaigned for the winter and also for a World Cup in the Gulf (Persian), but then it is the politicians who decide," said Michel Platini on the French free-TV channel TF1, for the release of his book "Parlons football" ("We Talk Football"), on 16/10/2014.

Financial fair play: "I'm kind of a policeman"

• "Financial fair play has not been a demand from UEFA, it was a request from clubs who wanted to regulate certain things. All solutions were found with them (the clubs).
• I'm kind of a policeman, but I listen to everyone. And financial fair play is recognised by everyone, even by Paris Saint-German, even if that club would like some…