Blatter’s UEFA Nemesis Plots Plan B After Failed Ouster Attempt
Platini became a UEFA executive in 2002 and was elected president of the Nyon, Switzerland-based organization in 2007. While Platini has stopped smoking, he still keeps his tie askew, his curly hair unkempt and his sense of humor intact when joshing with reporters in three languages.
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Michel Platini tried to get rid of Sepp Blatter and failed. Now he has to try to live with him.
Platini, president of European soccer authority UEFA, last week called on Blatter to resign after a U.S. Justice Department graft investigation led to the indictment of nine current and former officials of FIFA, the global soccer body Blatter has headed since 1998.