Platini plays down effects of BBC 'FIFA bribes' programme

UEFA president Michel Platini has insisted the BBC Panorama programme screened last night should not affect England’s 2018 World Cup bid.

Tue, 30 Nov, 2010 - 07:46

UEFA president Michel Platini has insisted the BBC Panorama programme screened last night should not affect England’s 2018 World Cup bid.

England 2018 leaders reacted with fury to the investigation into FIFA and branded the programme “an embarrassment”.

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