Michel Platini meeting details confidential, say FIFA

FIFA has declined to reveal details of a finance committee meeting attended by former vice-president Michel Platini, the month after he received an "undue gift" of more than £1m.

Details of Platini's unusual attendance emerged as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) published its full written ruling after former FIFA president Sepp Blatter failed in a bid to overturn his six-year ban from football.

The 81-year-old, who was president of the governing body for 18 years, and former UEFA president Platini were banned over the 'disloyal payment' made to the latter in 2011.

Platini attended a FIFA finance committee meeting on March 2, 2011, in place of committee member Marios Lefkaritis, who was unable to attend the meeting "for health reasons", according to court papers.

FIFA paid Platini two million Swiss francs (£1.6m at current market rates) four weeks earlier, on February 1, after they received an invoice.

Platini's attendance was described as "very unusual" by former FIFA deputy general secretary Markus Kattner, who was sacked by FIFA last year for alleged "breaches of his fiduciary responsibilities".

The CAS ruling noted: "On 2 March 2011, Mr Platini attended a meeting of the FIFA Finance Committee in place of Mr Lefkaritis, which Mr Kattner described in correspondence in the investigation as "very unusual"; this was the only time that Mr Platini had ever attended a meeting of the FIFA Finance Committee. And as Mr Kattner explained in his investigation interview, if a person is ill on the FIFA Finance Committee the person is normally not replaced."

No further details have emerged about the nature of the meeting, and what was discussed, and a FIFA spokesperson told Sky Sports News HQ: "The committee meetings are confidential, therefore we are unable to provide any further information on the meeting."

The report called Blatter's behaviour "reckless, or at least profoundly careless" and also criticised a culture which saw FIFA's finance committee approve a $200,000 annual bonus (£160,000) for each executive committee member in December 2010 - two days before the vote to award Russia and Qatar the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Blatter - who denied all charges - also extended Platini's pension plan by four years, adding a seven-figure sum to the former France captain's retirement fund.