UEFA 'fully supports' Michel Platini, Windtner says

European football body UEFA "fully supports" Michel Platini, Austrian FA President Leo Windtner said after a meeting with all 54 national associations.

The former captain of the French national team hopes to be a candidate for FIFA president in February, wassuspended for 90 days by FIFA's Ethics Committee but is appealing the decision and denies any wrongdoing.

Following the meeting at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, UEFA urged FIFA to "work rapidly" on a decision about the merits of the case by mid-November.

We support Michel Platini’s right to a due process and a fair trial and to the opportunity to clear his name.

We strongly call on all instances involved in the current process: FIFA’s Ethics Committee, FIFA’s Appeal Committee and ultimately the Court of Arbitration for Sport to work very rapidly to ensure that there is a final decision on the merits of the case by, at the latest, mid-November 2015.

– STATEMENT BY UEFA'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND 54 NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS