Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini has officially withdrawn from participating in the FIFA presidential election takes place on 26 February.
Platini was handed eight years ban by the FIFA Ethics Committee,
along with FIFA president Sepp Blatter, after he received a 'disloyal
payment' of £1.35 million from the Swiss for work he carried out for
FIFA nine years prior.
"I'm withdrawing from the race for the Fifa presidency," Platini told the Associated Press.
"The timing is not good for me. I don't have the means to fight on equal terms with the other candidates.
"I have not been given the chance to play the game. Bye bye, Fifa. Bye bye, Fifa presidency."
Even though he has given up on the FIFA presidency, the 60-year-old
refuses to give up on clearing his name of any wrongdoing and still
plans to take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
"I've spent more time in hearing rooms than on football pitches speaking about 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 or football news," Platini added.
"I'm taking this philosophically. Let's wait and see what happens. But injustice is revolting me and I'm trying to fight it.
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