Change at top of FIFA important for football: Platini

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NYON: Change at FIFA is “important for football,” UEFA President Michel Platini said on Monday in a recorded video interview two months before the world football body’s presidential election.

Platini, a FIFA vice-president, said the governing body needs “new ideas, a new programme” as longtime leader Sepp Blatter seeks a fifth term on May 29.

UEFA is supporting the campaigns of all three of Blatter’s opponents: FIFA vice-president Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, former Portugal great Luis Figo and Michael van Praag of the Netherlands, a UEFA executive committee member.

Published in Dawn March 17th , 2015

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