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(This story refiles to fix typo in final paragraph) By John Revill BELLINZONA, Switzerland (Reuters) – Ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter denied approving fraudulent payments to French football legend Michel Platini, telling a Swiss court on Thursday that a cash transfer followed a “gentleman’s agreement” between the pair. Swiss prosecutors accuse the two men, once among football’s most powerful figures, of illegally arranging the 2 million Swiss franc ($2.04 million) payment in 2011. Blatter and Platini both deny the charges. Blatter gave testimony to the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona afte…