In his third term as UEFA president, Michel Platini still seems to prefer to do much of his talking on the pitch despite being the most powerful figure in European football and the favorite to be installed as Sepp Blatter's FIFA successor in February. As FIFA was dragged further into the moral mire with the suspension of Secretary General Jerome Valcke on Thursday, Platini maintained months of silence on the tumult as UEFA's week-long gathering in Malta drew to a close on Friday. As Platini sat on Friday in a T-shirt and shorts sipping coffee with UEFA colleagues, shaded from the late summer heat near the hotel swimming pool, General Secretary Gianni Infantino was left - once again - to be peppered with questions about beleaguered FIFA. More...