UEFA will name a new temporary general secretary on
Friday to take over from former European football number
two Gianni Infantino, the new FIFA president, a source told
AFP on Monday.
Greece’s Theodore Theodoridis would appear to be
favourite for the job Infantino quit to take up his new role
with FIFA.
UEFA’s executive committee will meet on Friday morning
in Nyon to decide on the matter.
The role is an important one as UEFA president Michel
Platini is banned from all football activities for six years,
although he is engaged in legal proceedings to have that ban
overturned.
To this end, Platini is appealing to the Court of Arbitration
for Sport (CAS).
Should Platini have his ban overturned it will be then up to
him to keep the new number two or not. If Platini’s case is
unsuccessful, it will be up to the new president of UEFA to
decide.
Platini was found guilty of a conflict of interest when
former FIFA supremo Sepp Blatter approved a 2 million
Swiss francs (1.8 million euros, $2 million) payment to
Platini in 2011 for consultancy work done without a contract
a decade earlier.
Source: Guardian
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