01/06/2011 16:10
Platini will not stand for FIFA presidency
UEFA president Michael Platini says he will not stand against Sepp Blatter in the instance of the current FIFA president being delayed in his hunt for a fourth term by an abstention of member countries.
The English FA’s initiative to gain the support of 153 other nations’ associations looks doomed to failure and so Platini, widely expected to succeed Blatter in 2015, is prepared to wait until that date.