PARIS (AP) -- UEFA President Michel Platini opened his first news conference since Sepp Blatter announced his decision to resign by saying he would not talk about FIFA.
Platini, a former France great and a leading candidate to replace Blatter as FIFA president, spoke Wednesday after meeting with French President Francois Hollande.
''This news conference was scheduled way before recent events involving FIFA. Many of you have come here to question me about these events, about FIFA and about my future,'' the 59-year-old Platini said. ''I will do that when the time is right. But this is not the time or the place.