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Strong smell of bribery around the Qatar area apparently.
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There can't be too many arrests or prosecution in football for my liking. A truly filthy business.
...and rightly so, just read more about Qatar, women banned from wearing skirts, men banned from wearing shorts, and homosexuality results in the death penalty, NO ONE without a bribe would have thought Qatar was a good idea, disgraceful, yet most will get away scott free with their millions...
What happened to that fat smug bastard Blatter?
What happened to that fat smug bastard Blatter?
His surname works very well when repeated to the theme tune of The Sweeney 
Analysis
BBC sports editor Dan Roan
This is the result of two years of work by French investigators from the country's serious financial crime unit, who - just like their counterparts in the US and Switzerland - have been looking into allegations of corruption connected to Fifa's shock decision to award Qatar the World Cup in 2022.
Given that Blatter has been interviewed as part of the same case, it is no surprise that Platini is also now facing questions.
It is understood these will focus on a lunch Platini attended in Paris just days before that hugely controversial vote in 2010, with the then French president Nicolas Sarkozy at his official residence and the Qatari head of state.
It has long been suspected that the prospect of important bilateral trade deals between the two nations, and the subsequent Qatari takeover of Paris St-Germain may have been used as leverage to get Sarkozy's support.
Platini has always denied that was why he changed his mind to vote for Qatar (rather than the US).
Given how much time has now passed since the 2010 vote, and how much has changed at Fifa, there seems no real prospect that this latest development could affect Qatar's status as hosts, even if Platini is charged.
Fifa's own 2014 internal investigation effectively cleared Qatar of corruption, and stripping it of the event at this stage could leave it open to legal action.
But yet again it does serve as a reminder of the scandal and suspicion that surrounds the saga of how Qatar won the right to stage the event.
Back in 2015, when still one of the sport's most powerful figures, Platini told me he had "no regrets" about voting for Qatar, despite the allegations of corruption and human rights abuses directed against the country, and the havoc a winter tournament would play with the European game he represented at the time.
He may feel differently now.
BBC sports editor Dan Roan
This is the result of two years of work by French investigators from the country's serious financial crime unit, who - just like their counterparts in the US and Switzerland - have been looking into allegations of corruption connected to Fifa's shock decision to award Qatar the World Cup in 2022.
Given that Blatter has been interviewed as part of the same case, it is no surprise that Platini is also now facing questions.
It is understood these will focus on a lunch Platini attended in Paris just days before that hugely controversial vote in 2010, with the then French president Nicolas Sarkozy at his official residence and the Qatari head of state.
It has long been suspected that the prospect of important bilateral trade deals between the two nations, and the subsequent Qatari takeover of Paris St-Germain may have been used as leverage to get Sarkozy's support.
Platini has always denied that was why he changed his mind to vote for Qatar (rather than the US).
Given how much time has now passed since the 2010 vote, and how much has changed at Fifa, there seems no real prospect that this latest development could affect Qatar's status as hosts, even if Platini is charged.
Fifa's own 2014 internal investigation effectively cleared Qatar of corruption, and stripping it of the event at this stage could leave it open to legal action.
But yet again it does serve as a reminder of the scandal and suspicion that surrounds the saga of how Qatar won the right to stage the event.
Back in 2015, when still one of the sport's most powerful figures, Platini told me he had "no regrets" about voting for Qatar, despite the allegations of corruption and human rights abuses directed against the country, and the havoc a winter tournament would play with the European game he represented at the time.
He may feel differently now.
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