UEFA could make changes to statutes

Michel Platini, newly elected UEFA president, has called an extraordinary meeting of the executive committee on Monday to discuss fundamental changes in the way European football's governing body is run.

During the election when he ran against former president Lennart Johansson, Platini said he wanted to be an executive president, living near UEFA's headquarters in Nyon and taking a hands-on approach to the management of the organisation.

Under Johansson, former chief executive officer Lars-Christer Olsson, who stepped down a few days after Platini's election victory, made quite a few senior executive decisions.

A statement released by UEFA said that Monday's extraordinary meeting would involve "proposed amendments to the UEFA statutes."

It is thought he amendments are to remove the position of the CEO from the organisation's statutes and replace it with a new general secretary's position occupied by former Scottish FA secretary David Taylor.

The executive committee will also consider Platini's proposals to expand the number of its members from 13 to 15 and to reorganise UEFA's committees to give more power to the elected members and less power to the organisation's administrators.

Any changes approved on Monday will still have to be endorsed by UEFA's congress at the extraordinary meeting that is scheduled to take place in Zurich on May 28.

According to the UEFA statement, the executive committee will also explain the procedure for next month's selection of the 2012 European Championship hosts.

Croatia and Hungary, and Poland and the Ukraine, are making joint bids to host the event, while Italy is making a solo bid to host the tournament.

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