There are five years to the day, November 23, 2010, Nicolas Sarkozy received lunch at the Elysee Palace on Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar and current emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Emirate, and Michel Platini, the boss Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).
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Organized before the vote on December 2, 2010 for the award of the 2018 World Championships and 2022 respectively Russia and Qatar, the luncheon was recently singled out by the Swiss Joseph Blatter, head of the International Football Federation (FIFA) since 1998 and in October suspended for ninety days by the ethics committee of the international organization, like Michel Platini, which itself has acknowledged having made his vote at the wealthy emirate.
However, the Blues game former leader has always ensured being “surprised” by discovering the presence of the Crown Prince of Qatar and his Prime Minister at lunch Elysee of November 23, 2010, ensuring that he thought Nicolas Sarkozy see face to face. He who had dismissed the idea of receiving former President Bill Clinton, honorary leader of the USA Bid Committee to avoid any conflict of interest. Reportedly, the UEFA boss nevertheless expected to meet the emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, at the Elysee.
“There had a sudden change after this lunch “
” There was a sudden turnaround after the luncheon. Blatter is far from knowing everything but, in substance, what he says is true: Platini has been important to turn the tide against the United States , “says a source contacted by The World . “Nobody told me that I should vote for. Qatar will never asked me to vote for him. Neither Sarkozy nor anyone, “ had insisted the former coach of El Tri (1988-1992) in the columns of The Team in June 2014. However, it admitted having “felt there was a subliminal message” of the former head of state when it was “found with Qataris.”
In an interview with the Russian news agency TASS Joseph Blatter made the former head of state and the head of UEFA responsible for the victory (fourteen votes to eight) in the ballot boxes of Qatar against the United States that they too were applying to the organization of the World 2022. This award ballot is also the subject of an investigation the Public Prosecutor of the Swiss Confederation (MPC). The Office of the Swiss Attorney General who unearthed “more than 120 suspicious financial transactions .”
“Everything was going well until Sarkozy held a meeting with the Crown Prince of Qatar, Emir is today, said Joseph Blatter, 79. And at lunch that followed ith Mr. Platini he said it would be nice to go to Qatar. And this has completely changed the situation. There was a secret ballot. Four European votes have finally rejected the US e t the result was fourteen votes against eight. If the United States had the World Cup, we would only talked about the wonderful World 2018 in Russia and we would not have talked about all these issues to FIFA . “
A betrayed deal with the United States
According to our information, Michel Platini was initially far from being seduced by the Qatar application. In spring 2010, he made a trip to South Korea to meet with Chung Mong-joon, executive committee member of FIFA since 1994 and whose country also postulated the organization of the World 2022. But in summer 2010 The UEFA president Sunil Gulati met, president of the US Federation (USSF) in Nyon (Switzerland), to offer him a deal. In exchange for the withdrawal of the US bid for the award of the 2018 World Cup, the Blues game former leader promised to support the USSF’s file for editing 2022. In October 2010, Sunil Gulati has therefore formalized the package from the United States for the World Cup 2018 and confirmed their candidature for the 2022 World Cup
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The pact sealed with the President of the USSF has been broken by Michel Platini after the luncheon at the Elysee Palace on November 23. In December 2012, in the gallery of Doha Goals, Global Sports Forum, Nicolas Sarkozy had prided itself on having “ supported the choice ” of Qatar. “It was not until the XXI th century to a Muslim country organizes for the first time an event of this importance. This is a big decision, “ he declared. For his part, Sunil Gulati has never hidden, private, his feeling of being betrayed by Michel Platini. “I will never forgive him” , he had whispered after the vote of 2010. Since then it mature in silence.
Find our investigation in the notebook Sport & amp; as the “world” dated Saturday, November 28
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