FA chairman’s hasty backing of such an obvious Fifa continuity candidate as Platini has been exposed by revelations only a few million casual observers might possess foreseenWith the exception of Michel Platini,no one can want Michel Platini to be exonerated of any unpleasantness more than Greg Dyke. The Football Association chairman has made himself a hostage to fortune; perhaps Stockholm syndrome was the next logical step.
Dyke announced all the way back in July that we would be backing Platini for the Fifa presidency – and you’ll possess spotted that employ of the football “we”, there. Speak for England, and Greg! Or rather,speak for yourself. We back Platini, which is to say the FA does, and because the Uefa president appears sympathetic to our hobby horse of “dwindling opportunities for homegrown players”.
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Source: theguardian.com