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Blatter loses Platini’s support
Under-fire FIFA president Sepp Blatter has lost the support of UEFA chief Michel Platini.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter is losing support fast, with UEFA chief Michel Platini the latest high-ranking official to critisise his position.
UEFA president Michel Platini has said that FIFA president Sepp Blatter no longer has his support.
Blatter, who has been under pressure over the controversy-plagued 2022 Qatar World Cup, declared to the FIFA Congress in Sao Paulo on Wednesday that he was ready for a new mandate despite having said in 2011 he would not seek re-election for a fifth term.
However, Platini, who is yet to decide whether to contest the FIFA presidential election himself, believes world football needs a new leader despite his respect for the 78-year-old Swiss.
"I am supporting him no longer, it's finished," said Frenchman Platini. "He knows it, I told him. I think FIFA needs a new breath of fresh air."
A number of leading football officials have already voiced their opposition to Blatter being given a fifth term this week, including FA chairman Greg Dyke, FA vice-chairman David Gill and Dutch FA chief Michael van Praag.
