Fifa president Sepp Blatter and European football chief
Michel Platini are facing an investigation by Fifa's ethics
committee.
The move comes after the Swiss attorney general opened
criminal proceedings against Blatter, 79.
He is accused of signing a contract "unfavourable" to
football's governing body and making a "disloyal payment"
to Uefa president Platini, 60.
Blatter denies wrongdoing and his lawyer says he is co-
operating fully.
The ethics committee is looking into the circumstances of a
payment of two million Swiss francs (£1.35m) that Platini
received in 2011 for work said to have been carried out
more than nine years previously, reported the Press
Association.
Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings against
Blatter on Friday.
Platini - who worked as Blatter's technical advisor between
1999 and 2002 - was interviewed as a witness by officers
from the attorney general's office.
The Frenchman is yet to explain the nine-year delay in
payment but he too denies any wrongdoing.
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