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Tarnished Platini says he has a clear conscience
ATHENS: Disgraced former Uefa president Michel Platini insisted he had done nothing wrong and his conscience was clear as he gave a farewell speech to European soccer’s
ATHENS: Disgraced former Uefa president Michel Platini insisted he had done nothing wrong and his conscience was clear as he gave a farewell speech to European soccer’s governing body at their extraordinary Congress on Wednesday.
The Frenchman, who resigned in May after being banned for from the sport for four years for ethics violations, was given a round of applause by the delegates but did not get a standing ovation. “Thank you for these nine years. I think we did a great job... Friends of football, farewell,” said Platini, who was first elected in 2007.
“I have a clear conscience, I am certain not to have made any mistake and will continue to fight this in the courts,” he said.
CEFERIN AIMS TO FIX CL SPOT REFORMS
New Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin on Monday said his first big challenge would be to look at changes to the Champions League that would give four guaranteed places to England, Germany, Italy and Spain from 2018.
“About the Champions League, we were not informed properly, I still think so,” the Slovenian football leader told after his victory in becoming Uefa’s leader with a 29-vote majority over Dutch rival Michael van Praag.
“I will have to sit down with all 55 national associations to see what is the agreement and what we can do in the future about it,” he added. “Either I want it or not, I will have to deal with it and that will be the first thing to deal with.”
