Michel Platini last night refused to rule out standing for FIFA president in four years' time and admitted that Europe could play the decisive role in the election contest between Sepp Blatter and Mohamed Bin Hammam in June
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Michel Platini last night refused to rule out standing for FIFA president in four years' time and admitted that Europe could play the decisive role in the election contest between Sepp Blatter and Mohamed Bin Hammam in June.
Asked whether he would consider standing for the FIFA presidency in 2015, Platini did not rule it out.
"Let's meet again in three years and then I will tell you," he said.
Platini is a former advisor to the FIFA president and worked with Bin Hammam on Blatter's campaign for his first election in 1998, but he insisted his position at the head of European football meant to had to consult others in UEFA before committing himself.
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