Michel Platini's lawyer insists the former UEFA president has "nothing to blame himself for" after he was detained by police during investigations into the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
William Bourdon, representing Platini, claimed in a statement that the 63-year-old was not under arrest after he was taken in for questioning by officers of the Anti-Corruption Office of the Judicial Police in Paris on Tuesday.
Platini was serving on FIFA's executive committee in 2010 when Qatar was awarded the rights to host the 2022 World Cup.
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He was later banned from football for a period of four years after being found to have breached FIFA's code of ethics regarding conflict of interest and dereliction of duty relating to a "disloyal payment" from former FIFA president Sepp Blatter.