The Telegraph has unearthed evidence that Mr Platini, a former leading French international and the president of Uefa, European football’s governing body, had a private discussion with Mohamed Bin Hammam, the controversial Qatari who paid millions of pounds to football officials around the world.The emergence of the meeting means that France has become the first European nation to be drawn into the World Cup bribery scandal, which has so far been limited to African and Caribbean countries.It is understood that the meeting took place shortly before Fifa awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, and that Mr Bin Hammam personally lobbied Mr Platini to support the Emirate’s bid.Fifa executive committee members vote in secret, but Mr Platini has disclosed that he voted for Qatar in the ballot, which was held in 2010. He has also supported the proposal to move the tournament to the winter to avoid Qatar’s summer heat.  One executive committee member said they were “shocked” by the disclosure of the meeting.Australia and the United States, which lost out to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup, indicated on Monday that they might resubmit their bids. There was even suggestion that England’s hopes of hosting the 2018 tournament, which was awarded to Russia, could be revived because the voting process for both tournaments is under review. The decisions over both World Cups were made on the same day.Leaked documents also show that Mr Bin Hammam:•  Discussed trade deals with many of the officials and countries who were eligible to vote in the decision in 2010, including a gas deal in Thailand.•  Offered car dealerships to Fifa members.•  Discussed internships and jobs for family members of some Fifa members.The disclosures add to concerns about the impartiality of some Fifa officials, following claims over the weekend that Mr Bin Hammam distributed £3 million in bribes to Fifa delegates.David Cameron hinted on Monday that England could bid again for the 2018 World Cup if Fifa decided to annul the voting decisions for the two tournaments. The Prime Minister, who was among the England lobbying team, added that he would “see what happens” with the Fifa inquiry.  Mr Cameron said: “There is an inquiry under way, quite rightly, into what happened in terms of the World Cup bid for 2022. I think we should let that inquiry take place rather than prejudge it.”Documents leaked to The Telegraph show that Mr Platini met Mr Bin Hammam for breakfast shortly before the former footballer met Nicolas Sarkozy, at the time the French president, the son of the emir of Qatar and the country’s prime minister for lunch at the Elysée Palace in November 2010, a month before the World Cup vote.The following year, the state-owned Qatar Sports Investments bought Paris Saint-Germain, Mr Sarkozy’s favourite team. Mr Platini has always denied that Mr Sarkozy asked him to vote for Qatar, but in an interview he said: “I was invited to a dinner with Mr Sarkozy where there was the prime minister of Qatar. They never asked me during the dinner to vote. It was a clear thing about 'support’. They knew I would be independent.”Mr Platini’s son Laurent became the chief executive of Burrda, a Qatar owned sports company. He has always said that his son’s role was unconnected to his vote.Documents also show that an adviser to the Thai Football Association discussed a gas deal between his country and Qatar before the World Cup vote. It is understood that the president of the Thai FA, Worawi Makudi, was involved in a deal between Qatar and a Thai company to deliver gas. In 2012, Qatargas signed a deal with PTT, Thailand’s leading energy company, which sponsors its football association, to deliver two million tonnes of liquefied natural gas to the Far East country.Letters and emails between Mr Bin Hammam’s staff and Thai football officials show that a range of deals were connected to Qatar’s 2022 bid.The documents also show that one Asian Fifa official was offered a car dealership by Mr Bin Hammam, again before the vote.In March, The Telegraph disclosed that Jack Warner, the former vice-president of Fifa, appeared to have been paid £720,000 from a company controlled by Mr Bin Hammam shortly after Qatar was awarded the tournament.At the weekend, The Sunday Times alleged that Mr Bin Hammam also paid millions of pounds to African football officials who held sway over the continent’s four voting members on the Fifa executive committee.Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, was among those calling for Qatar to be stripped of the tournament if allegations of bribery are proven. He said Fifa “must re-run the contest fairly and openly” if the claims are true.Lord Goldsmith, the former attorney general and a member of Fifa’s independent governance committee, said: “If it’s proved that the decision to give Qatar the World Cup was procured by … bribery and improper influence, then that decision ought not to stand.”David Gallop, the chief executive of the Football Federation Australia, said it was “too early” to say whether his country’s position would change, but added that “it’s a bit of a 'watch this space’ at this stage” An investigator employed by Fifa to investigate the 2018 and 2022 bidding process said he would finish his report next month. Michael Garcia, a New York lawyer, met Qatari officials on Monday. He said he planned to submit a report to Fifa towards the end of July.Qatar has insisted Mr Bin Hammam was not involved in its bid and denies all allegations of wrong-doing.A spokesman for the Qatari bid said: “The Qatar 2022 Bid Committee always upheld the highest standard of ethics and integrity. We are cooperating fully with Mr Garcia’s on-going investigation and remain totally confident that any objective inquiry will conclude we won the bid to host the 2022 Fifa World Cup fairly.”Uefa did not respond to questions about Mr Platini. (telegraph.co.uk)Bakudaily.az