Michel Platini, candidate for FIFA president on 29/07/2015, announced his withdrawal on 08/01/2016

Michel Platini, UEFA president, announced his candidacy for the presidency of FIFA on 29/07/2015, ahead of the elections scheduled on 26/02/2016.

But the Frenchman, provisionally suspended on 08/10/2015, was formally suspended for eight years from any activity in football by the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee on 21/12/2015...