Platini wants zero-tolerance racism policy

The issue has come under the spotlight in recent weeks due to incidents involving Dani Alves of Barcelona and Milan's Kevin Constant, who each had bananas thrown at them from the crowd in games at Villarreal and Atalanta respectively.

Villarreal and Atalanta have since been punished, with the Spanish side fined €12,000 and the latter docked €40,000 and ordered to close their Curva Nord section for one game, although the second sanction has been suspended for one year.

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