FA will drop support for Platini presidency if FIFA find he's 'behaved improperly', says Greg Dyke

The chairman revealed the organisation's stance after it was earlier revealed that they would allow investigations to conclude before deciding whether to stop backing the Frenchman.

The FA reaffirmed their commitment to Platini’s challenge last week, but the UEFA president was banned from all football activity for 90 days by FIFA’s ethic committee on Thursday.

"The FA committed this summer to supporting Mr Platini in his bid to become the next President of FIFA," read a statement. "At The FA Board meeting last week, we decided that remained our position while inquiries into certain allegations were being investigated.

"We now await the results of both the Ethics Committee inquiry and the investigation of the Swiss Attorney General. We note that Mr Platini has issued a strong statement protesting his innocence."

Platini lambasted the decision, saying he would “stop at nothing to ensure that the truth is known.”

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The FA's statement added that the recent developments do not negate the need for major reform at FIFA, adding that they have called for an emergency meeting.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter and secretary general Jerome Valcke were also handed 90 day bans. Issa Hayatou of Cameroon will take over leadership on an interim basis.

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"This is an extremely disappointing day for football. We trust the FIFA Ethics Committee will conduct the investigations in an independent, robust and timely manner. As we said last week, there are key questions that have arisen in the past month that must be answered by those concerned.

"This important process – along with the investigation by the Swiss Attorney General - should not be allowed to affect the need for urgent change at FIFA. Our over-riding concern has always been for full and transparent reform as soon as possible and this remains The FA's priority.

"David Gill, the British member of the FIFA Executive, along with Wolfgang Niersbach, the German representative, have today called for an emergency meeting of the FIFA Executive to discuss this morning's events. They are conscious that both the President and General Secretary of FIFA are currently suspended.

"We also understand there will be a meeting of the 54 UEFA nations as soon as next week.

"The FA committed this summer to supporting Mr Platini in his bid to become the next President of FIFA. At The FA Board meeting last week, we decided that remained our position while inquiries into certain allegations were being investigated.

"We now await the results of both the Ethics Committee inquiry and the investigation of the Swiss Attorney General. We note that Mr Platini has issued a strong statement protesting his innocence.”