The FA Suspends its Support of Michel Platini For FIFA Presidency

The Football Association (FA) has officially withdrawn its support for UEFA president Michel Platini to become the next president of FIFA. 

Platini has been suspended for 90 days by the FIFA Ethics Committee, along with Sepp Blatter, after receiving a £1.3 million payment from the FIFA president in 2011 and is currently under criminal investigation

The FA has issued a statement explaining that it has received additional information about the case involving Platini at the UEFA meeting in Nyon on Thursday and has decided to suspend its support of the Frenchman as a result.

The statement said: “The FA learnt more information relating to the issues at the centre of this case from Mr Platini’s lawyers.

“We have been instructed that the information must be kept confidential and therefore we cannot go into specifics.

“As a result of learning this information, The FA Board has on Friday morning concluded that it must suspend its support for Mr Platini’s candidature for the FIFA Presidency until the legal process has been concluded and the position is clear.

“A decision can then be taken on who to support in the Presidential election on 26 February 2016.”

The news will come as a further blow to Platini who is the process of appealing his suspension as he continues to deny any wrongdoing. 

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