Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: Michel Platini has made a fanciful attempt to explain the extraordinary £1.35million payment for consultancy work undertaken for Sepp Blatter which arrived nine years late. It threatens to derail the UEFA chief’s bid for the FIFA presidency with him being implicated in the governing body’s corruption scandal for the first time. In an interview with the French press agency on Tuesday night, Platini claimed that he had to wait to be paid what he was owed because FIFA told him they could not afford the full amount. However, a document on the world governing body’s official website reveals that between 1999 and 2002 FIFA had a revenue surplus of £84million.UEFA chief Michel Platini attempts to explain £1.35million payment for consultancy work which arrived nine years lateControversy threatens to derail his bid to become FIFA presidentPlatini claimed he had to wait as FIFA could not afford full amountBut a document on FIFA's website reveals that between 1999 and 2002 FIFA had a revenue surplus of £84m 
 Question:‘We didn’t audition Mr _ as a witness, we investigated against him in between as a witness and an accused person.’

Michel Platini