
Sepp Blatter will host Michel Platini and football’s other continental presidents later Sunday, in their first formal meeting since the FIFA president announced he would leave office amid a corruption crisis.
The closed-door meeting at FIFA headquarters helps prepare for an executive committee session on Monday, called at short notice to set a date for the presidential election to replace Blatter.
Platini, the UEFA president and former France great, is currently favored to win a ballot that requires a four-month campaign by FIFA election rules.