UEFA Still In Support Of Michel Platini’s Bid To Run For FIFA President

Despite Michel Platini’s 90 days suspension by the Ethnic Committee of FIFA alongside Sepp Blatter, UEFA’s 54 members met in Switzerland on Thursday to discuss the issue.

    Platini should have the chance “to clear his name”, a Uefa statement said.

It also called for investigators to “work rapidly” and decide “on the merits of the case by, at the latest, mid-November 2015”.

Outside the meeting reporters were told by Austrian soccer federation president Leo Windtner that all 54 member nations “fully support” their president.

    The statement issued shortly afterwards confirmed: “We support Michel Platini’s right to a due process and a fair trial and to the opportunity to clear his name.”


– BBC