UEFA is set to elect a president on 14 September to replace Michel Platini, who was removed by FIFA for accepting a $2 million illegal payment approved by Sepp Blatter.

The new president will complete Platini’s term, which runs through to March 2019, and become a FIFA vice president.

“The 55 national federations would vote at an extraordinary congress in Athens, Greece,” UEFA acting general secretary Theodore Theodoridis said.

“Because of his FIFA suspension, Platini could be barred from any official function at Euro 2016,” which is to be held in his native France from June 10 to July 10.
“I never said we’re inviting or not inviting [him], but we have to clarify what we can do and what we cannot do. Any decision will follow, and it’s not mine,” Theodoridis emphasised.

Candidates will have until July 20 to put themselves forward for the UEFA presidency.

Dutch FA president Michel Van Praag became the first official candidate but others could follow, AP reports.

Several UEFA executive committee members, including Wolfgang Niersbach and Allan Hansen, say the 55 national federations will vote during the meeting in Athens.

Other possible replacements include Slovenian federation president Aleksander Ceferin and UEFA vice-president Angel Maria Villar from Spain.