Ex-Fifa president Blatter and ex-Uefa boss Platini charged with fraud

Former Fifa officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been charged with fraud and other offences in Switzerland.

Swiss prosecutors say Mr Blatter unlawfully arranged a transfer of two million Swiss francs ($2.19m; £1.6m) to Mr Platini in 2011.

Prosecutors say the payment "damaged Fifa's assets and unlawfully enriched Platini".

Mr Blatter and Mr Platini now face trial at a court in Bellinzona

The case was opened in September 2015 and led to both men being banned from football.

The affair ended Mr Blatter's 17-year spell in charge of Fifa and then-Uefa president Mr Platini's campaign to succeed his former mentor.

Both Mr Blatter, 85, and Mr Platini, 66, have previously denied any wrongdoing.

It taken far too long to get that crook blatter anywhere near a court.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pqO6tK8_Wg

should have been charged sooner. How Qatar still kept the world cup after their bribes where exposed is crazy

Like MP enquiries it gives the rich and elite a chance to muddy the water, bribe some more officials get their mates to lean on some others and generally muddy the waters to escape real justice. Blair wrote the blueprint.