ExclusiveFIFA: "I will never walk alone", Michel Platini to News Tank after the letter of support of friends

"I want to thank all the signatories of this letter for their support. Their initiative touched me and further strengthens my determination. I will never walk alone," said Michel Platini to News Tank Football on 12/11/2015, after the publication, the same day, of a message of support signed by 60 of his friends throughout football.

"Michel, we totally trust you. We have known you for so long. We support you more than ever. We are all with you," reads the the message of support for Michel Platini from the 60 signatories (with 60 also referring to the age of Michel Platini). Coordinated at the initiative of the French journalist Jean-François Bouilly, director of GBX Media, the letter includes several generations of international players (Just Fontaine, Luis Fernandez, Claude Makelele...), club leaders (Jean-Michel Aulas, Louis Nicollin, Waldemar Kita...), managers (Gérard Houllier, Michel Der Zakarian, Antoine Kombouare...) and various other personalities from the world of football (Michel Hidalgo, Zbigniew Boniek, Philippe Piat...).

UEFA president since 2007 and candidate for the…