Michel Platini withdraw definitively from the presidential election of FIFA. The Frenchman wants to focus purely on his breach of the ethics committee of the world football, which earlier suspended him for eight years. So says the director in an exclusive interview with L’Equipe.
“I retire from the electoral battle,” says he in the interview with the French daily. “I have simply no time to recruit allies, with people speaking out and do battle with fellow candidates. I should like to focus purely on my defense. “
Platini is in fact engaged in a legal battle with FIFA. The world football association suspended him – and sitting director Sepp Blatter – for eight years for corruption. “I choose to defend me against them,” says the president of UEFA. “I want to make sure that my name is purified and around me there is no more corruption or forgery.”
The Frenchman was long as the most likely candidate to succeed Blatter as the most powerful man in football. “I soon rallied 150 countries and leagues behind me,” Platini looks back at the time when he was a candidate for the election, which takes place on 26 February. “And within two days. But how can I win an election if I do not have time to campaign? I fought like I have done my entire life, but this time I did not get a chance to win the battle in time.
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