adminLONDON. — Uefa president Michel Platini told Reuters yesterday he was the only person capable of beating Sepp Blatter in an election battle for the Fifa presidency.
The 58-year-old emphasised that he is yet to decide whether or not to stand for world soccer’s top job next year, but told Reuters in a briefing following the completion of the Uefa Congress in Kazakhstan, “There is only one person who can beat Blatter.”
Asked who that was he said: “Me.”
Platini has been president of European soccer’s governing body Uefa since 2007.
Asked if he had enough support outside of Europe, he replied: “Yes I have many people who support me around the world.
“But I have not decided yet to run, I am happy being Uefa president, and I still have to decide about Fifa. I will consult many people but it will be my personal decision in the end.” — Reuters.
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