What They're Saying: Michel Platini

• by Soccer America , Oct 29, 2015

“Today, I have the sense of being a knight from the Middle Ages, in front of a castle. I am trying to get in to bring football back, but instead I’m having boiling oil poured on my head.”

-- UEFA president Michel Platini, who is suspended from campaigning for the FIFA presidency -- indeed, from all soccer activities -- by FIFA's ethics committee but is appealing the ban for his part in a $2 million payment from FIFA. (Daily Telegraph)