South Korea's Chung To Meet Platini, Discuss FIFA Future

South Korea's Chung Mong-joon, who is weighing up a bid to replace Sepp Blatter as president of scandal-hit FIFA, said on Friday he will meet UEFA chief Michel Platini and other leading football figures while in Berlin for the Champions League final.
Chung, the billionaire scion of South Korea's Hyundai conglomerate, had said on Wednesday he would seek the opinions of international football power brokers before making any decision about a run for the sport's top job.
He said on his official website on Friday he was travelling to the German capital for Saturday's Champions League final between Barcelona and Juventus and would also meet football officials to discuss FIFA's future.
"Chung Mong-joon is to exchange opinions on FIFA reform while meeting with football authorities including Michel Platini," a statement on Chung's website said, adding that he was leaving for Europe on Friday.
Blatter, who has been a dominant presence at FIFA for decades, rocked the world of football on Tuesday by saying he would step down as FIFA president in the wake of a corruption investigation that now includes the 79-year-old himself.

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Chung, a former FIFA vice president, is one of Blatter's fiercest critics and has long called for FIFA to improve transparency.