UEFA president Michel Platini finds it 'shameful to be dragged through the mud' and insists he is the only man to lead the reform of FIFA, despite his 90-day suspension from all football-related activity. The Frenchman's hopes of succeeding Sepp Blatter as FIFA president appear to be in tatters after the pair, along with secretary general Jerome Valcke, were earlier this month handed provisional 90-day bans by the world governing body's ethics committee while it continues its investigations. In an interview with French newspaper Le Monde, Platini said: 'I was suspended for three months, but what annoys me the most is to be put in the same bag as the others. I find it shameful to be dragged through the mud.Michel Platini has been suspended from football-related activity for 90 daysA £1.35m payment made to Platini by FIFA in 2011 is being investigatedPlatini says it is shameful that his name has been dragged through the mudFormer France player insists he is the only man to restore FIFA's credibilityRead: How dare FA say on behalf of English football they want Platini cleared
Neither have fully explained the reason for the nine-year delay in being paid for work _ carried out as Blatter's technical advisor from 1999 to 2002.