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Platini returns from ban with threat to Uefa for back pay and bonuses | News | Sportcal

Platini returns from ban with threat to Uefa for back pay and bonuses | News | Sportcal: Michel Platini, the disgraced former president of Uefa, is taking legal action against European soccer's governing body in a bid to claim back millions of euros in lost earnings, according to reports.

The French administrator's four-year ban from the sport for ethics breaches came to an end in October, and the 64-year-old, who has always denied any wrongdoing, has wasted little time in telling the media of his plans to take Uefa to court.

Sources in France claimed�Platini is seeking around�€7.2 million ($7.9 million), including €5.5 million in back pay.

However, Platini dismissed those numbers today, with his lawyer Vincent Solari telling AFP, the French news agency, that�his client "is entitled to a year's salary as well as a contractually agreed bonus, that is to say SFr3 million [$3 million]."

The €1.8-million bonus is linked to�"his contribution to the success of Euro 2016 in France," despite the fact he was suspended when the tournament was staged.

Platini told AFP:�"Through my lawyer, I am asking for the contractual elements to be applied."

In a separate interview with the BBC, the UK's public-service broadcaster, Solari said:�"We haven't claimed a�specific amount at this stage, but we offered to Uefa to discuss about a�settlement regarding the employment contract of my client as there has never been a�formal termination of it.

"The lawyer of Uefa informed us recently that they don't want to enter into any negotiations and we will therefore initiate a�claim on due time in front of the competent court."

Platini was president of Uefa from 2007 to 2015 when he stepped down having received a four-year ban from all soccer activity from the Fifa ethics committee over a ‘disloyal payment’ of SFr2 million ($2 million) from then president Sepp Blatter in 2011.

Following appeals, Platini’s suspension was reduced twice from an initial eight years, while Blatter is continuing to serve a six-year ban.

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