Berlin: A former general secretary of UEFA has expressed doubts about a document issued by European football's general body, which appears to support Michel Platini's claim he was paid by FIFA. French newspaper Journal du Dimanche say they possess a copy of a document which backs up Platini's claims he was paid an annual salary "of one million Swiss francs" for work as an advisor to world football's governing body FIFA.

The paper reports that the document was distributed during a UEFA executive committee meeting in the Swedish capital Stockholm on November 12, 1998. Platini is being investigated by FIFA and faces a life-time ban if found guilty of a breach of ethics. But Gerhard Aigner, who attended the Stockholm meeting as UEFA's general secretary more than 17 years ago, says he has doubts about the document's authenticity.