Platini preoccupied as grand plan comes to fruition


UEFA President Michel Platini attends a news conference after the draw for the 2015/2016 UEFA Europa League soccer competition at Monaco's Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo, Monaco August 28, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

LONDON (Reuters) - With an almost unbelievably cruel and ironic sense of timing, Michel Platini's grand plan to open up the European championship finals to more countries than ever before is reaching its climax just as he faces a possible suspension from football.

The 60-year-old UEFA president, former France great, former national team coach and still French football's most revered icon might be persona non grata when his country hosts the 24-team finals next summer.

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