Michel Platini smiles during a news conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, Switzerland, in this April 29, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files
LONDON (Reuters) - Suspended UEFA head Michel Platini said on Thursday he was the only person with the vision to lead soccer's world governing body FIFA out of a corruption scandal but there were opponents who "don't want to give football back to the players".
"I'm not in a penal colony or a Siberian Gulag," the European soccer authority chief said of a 90-day provisional suspension excluding him from campaigning for February elections to the FIFA presidency. "I'm waiting for events to unfold."
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