Euro 2016 could feature goal-line technology

UEFA will decide in January whether or not to use goal-line technology at Euro 2016 and could extend its use to next season's Champions League and Europa League competitions.

Current UEFA president Michel Platini has previously opposed the use of video technology, but the organisation's general secretary Gianni Infantino told reporters on Friday it could come into play next year.

"In terms of goal-line technology and its use in the future, the final decision will be made in January but the executive committee was pretty positive in its mindset," Infantino said.

"If it happens for Euro 2016 then it will also happen for the club competitions for next season, the Champions League and Europa League."

Platini was absent for the meeting in Paris after failing with his appeal to overturn a 90-day ban from all football-related activities imposed by FIFA.

His future as UEFA president in doubt, plans were also outlined to elect a new president next spring. UEFA will hold an extraordinary congress in Zurich on February 25, with the election taking place two months later in May 3 in Budapest.

Platini is facing a FIFA ethics committee disciplinary hearing next week over an alleged £1.3million payment he received from FIFA in 2011. If found guilty of ethics code breaches Platini will almost certainly receive a lengthy ban, but if cleared he is likely to stand for the FIFA presidency.

UEFA also announced on Friday that there will be a substantial increase in prize money for countries competing at the Euro 2016 finals in France.

On the eve of the draw for the first ever 24-team finals, UEFA said the total prize fund had gone up to €301m (£217.5m), up from the €196m shared by the 16 nations at the 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine.

Every team at Euro 2016 will get €8m just for taking part, with performance bonuses of €1m for a win and €500,000 for a draw in the group stages of the competition.

Teams progressing to the knockout phase will receive €1.5m in the last 16, €2.5m for getting to the quarter-finals and an additional €4m for reaching the semi-finals.

The winners of the July 10 final at Stade de France will receive €8m euros while the runners-up will collect €5m.