UEFA holds crisis talks on Platini
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UEFA鈥檚 crisis talks called to discuss the plight of its suspended president Michel Platini got under way yesterday in Nyon, Switzerland.
The emergency meeting at the headquarters of European football鈥檚 ruling body will give Platini a strong indication of the level of support he can count on in his bid to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA.
The Frenchman was the frontrunner to take control of football鈥檚 scandal-tainted governing body until last week鈥檚 90-day suspension ordered by the FIFA ethics committee charged with investigating the corruption scandal engulfing FIFA.
Platini is being investigated over a contentious US$2 million payment made to him by Blatter in 2011 for consultancy work performed years earlier.
The former France and Juventus star is not allowed to attend the meeting of the body鈥檚 54 member unions.
Yesterday鈥檚 proceedings began with a meeting of UEFA鈥檚 executive committee as Platini鈥檚 place at the head of the table was assumed by vice-president Angel Maria Villar Llona of Spain.
Before the talks began a lorry bearing the name of a company called 鈥榙atarec sa鈥 and advertising it鈥檚 services as 鈥榙estruction of confidential documents鈥 was seen arriving at UEFA鈥檚 base before leaving half an hour later.
Top of UEFA鈥檚 agenda is 鈥渢he question of Michel Platini鈥檚 suspension and the eventual request to postpone FIFA鈥檚 presidential election鈥, a UEFA source said.
German Football Federation boss Wolfgang Niersbach says the crisis talks will help determine whether or not Platini could maintain his candidature to replace Blatter as FIFA鈥檚 head in February鈥檚 elections with the corruption investigation hanging over his head.
He is more concerned that Platini鈥檚 situation could drag UEFA into the FIFA corruption scandal. 鈥淲e have to avoid that at all costs. We must protect UEFA,鈥 he told the Die Zeit newspaper.
The 60-year-old Platini denies any wrongdoing and is appealing his ban.
Hours before UEFA鈥檚 meeting began Prince Ali bin Hussein, Platini鈥檚 main rival to succeed Blatter, formally registered his candidacy for next year鈥檚 election to run FIFA. The Jordanian royal鈥檚 potential opponents include Brazilian legend Zico, Liberia鈥檚 Musa Bility and South African Tokyo Sexwale, an anti-apartheid campaigner.
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