MICHEL PLATINI

claims that he has been cleared of wrongdoing over the $2million he received from FIFA in 2011 and will soon be able to work in football again. ‘After three years the ministry has restored the truth,’ he said. ‘This is the end of a nightmare. I will come back.’ However long it has taken, Platini’s return will have been easier than some of the trips to and from Kiev, the wholly unsuitable Champions League final venue, whose proposal was one of his last acts as UEFA president. Maybe remember that before welcoming this complete charlatan back to the fold.