I'll say this for Platini - unlike plastic PR merchants like David Cameron he's not afraid of pissing people off! Uefa president Michel Platini insists he will not return a £16,000 watch given to him by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). Fifa has asked officials to return the watches handed out at the World Cup as football's governing body claims the gifts break its code of ethics. But Platini, 59, said: "I'm a well-educated person. I don't return gifts." Platini also said Fifa knew the items were being handed out in June and questioned why it only acted now. The watches were given by one of the CBF's sponsors to 32 association chiefs, 28 Fifa executive committee members and five other members of South American associations. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29285817 It is a funny stance to take, though - Uefa is overall much, much less corrupt than Fifa and you'd have thought he'd want to protect its image.
Simple wording error nothing more. Dont ask him to "return" it. Say surrender and it'll be done in a flash.
