UEFA’s executive committee on Thursday expressed “full confidence” in Michel Platini after he was suspended by FIFA and said he planned to appeal.
The committee said it had no plans to announce a temporary leader following Platini’s 90-day ban from international football activities after he was named in a Swiss criminal investigation.
“The UEFA Executive Committee is aware that the UEFA president will immediately take all necessary steps to appeal the decision of the FIFA Ethics Committee to clear his name,” said a statement.
The committee called for “a very rapid final decision” in the case and expressed “full confidence” in the 60-year-old Frenchman