The general secretary of the Football Association, Alex Horne, said: “The mathematical reality tells me that to put up a token candidate would be a bit of a hollow gesture.” Another man may have faced certain defeat but, then, so would have Platini – although the latter disputed that point.
He said: “In 2007, I ran against Lennart Johansson, the standing [Uefa] president. It wasn’t a mean feat to beat him. I can’t be accused of being afraid of Mr Blatter, because I proved my stuff in 2007.”
Platini revealed he thought “long and hard” about running against Blatter but decided not to because of a burning desire to remain Uefa president.
“It was a choice based on my heart, it was a choice based on football and based on my passion,” he said, adding that he had unfinished business on “big projects” with European football’s governing body.
“I have a great deal of motivation to carry this out, to see them through, before maybe one day moving on to something else.” If that was a hint at a future attempt to succeed Blatter, Platini refused to elaborate.
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