PARIS: Michel Platini should have waited longer before running for the UEFA presidency, Franz Beckenbauer told French sports newspaper L’Equipe on Wednesday.
“At 51 years old (Platini) is often impatient ... He should allow Lennart to stay in charge until the end of another mandate, and then he can succeed him,” said Beckenbauer, adding that he was throwing his weight behind incumbent Lennart Johansson.
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