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Valcke threatened Platini over polls

Updated on: 09 July,2016 08:14 AM IST  | 
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Sacked Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke made a "direct threat" to Michel Platini immediately before the former UEFA president’s suspension, a sports marketing consultant alleged yesterday

Valcke threatened Platini over polls

Jerome Valcke

Paris: Sacked Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke made a "direct threat" to Michel Platini immediately before the former UEFA president’s suspension, a sports marketing consultant alleged yesterday.


Jerome Valcke
Jerome Valcke


Benny Alon, an Israeli-American sports marketing consultant and friend of Platini, exposed Valcke’s ticket dealings at a presser in Zurich in September 2015.


He claims he was told by Platini’s adviser, Kevin Lamour, that he received a "direct threat from Jerome Valcke that if Michel did not stop the press conference, there will be some circumstances."     

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