Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and former Uefa president Michel Platini will go on trial in Switzerland in June to face corruption charges.
Swiss prosecutors say Blatter unlawfully organized a switch of 2m Swiss francs (£1.6m) to Platini in 2011.
Blatter and Platini – who had been indicted in November – have each beforehand denied any wrongdoing.
If discovered responsible, they may obtain jail sentences or fines.
The case was opened in September 2015 after Fifa, soccer’s world governing physique, was dogged by accusations of widespread corruption.
Fifa’s ethics committee launched an investigation which noticed each males banned from the sport and compelled to depart their positions.
The Swiss case centres on a request for fee for advisory work Platini did for the then-Fifa president Blatter, 86, between 1998 and 2002.
Prosecutors stated Platini, 66, demanded the fee “over eight years after the termination of his advisory exercise”.
“With Blatter’s involvement, Fifa made a fee to Platini in stated quantity at the start of 2011,” prosecutors beforehand stated.
Blatter and Platini are charged with fraud, embezzlement, “untrue enterprise administration” and forgery of paperwork.
The trial will begin on 8 June.
