German Football League CEO Christian Seifert had the following to say about Platini’s 24 team Euro 2016 format and subsequent exchange of not very pleasant words..
“I find it somewhat arrogant for a UEFA president, and maybe we should simply not play after all. Then we’d see what the European Championship is still worth. Twenty-four teams out of 54 will qualify, so you don’t need to have such a long qualifying tournament.”
… and more remarks of a similar nature on BBC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZf27YMwfbU