HARDtalk - 13/11/2007

European football has become a billion dollar game with vast sums of money raised from TV revenue, merchandising and ticket sales. Multimillionaires from the US, Russia and Asia have started to buy English Premier League clubs in what is the most popular football league in the world. Michel Platini is the President of UEFA, European football's governing body. He warns against the "malign and ever present influence of money" in football. He talks to Stephen Sackur at UEFA's Geneva headquarters.