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Gaillard, who enraged Liverpool earlier in the week by referring to a dossier of 25 incidents involving the club's fans at European matches, has also been called on to resign by a Liverpool fans group official.

Gaillard had said: "We know what happened in Athens, and Liverpool fans were the cause of most of the trouble there. There have been 25 incidents involving Liverpool fans away from home since 2003 and these are in the report - most teams' supporters do not cause any trouble at all."

Gaillard confirmed the dossier would be handed to the Government's Minister of Sport, Richard Caborn, at a meeting with Platini in Brussels on Tuesday.

But after that meeting had taken place, Platini intimated he did not think Liverpool's fans were the worst-behaved in Europe.

When asked if Liverpool fans were the worst-behaved in Europe, Platini replied, "No."

Platini declined to elaborate further, and UEFA were not willing to release the contents of the dossier, but the day of confusion will have done nothing for the image European football's governing body on Merseyside.

Hicks had stepped into the row over the organisation of the Champions League final in Athens and the behaviour of Liverpool fans, some of whom stole tickets from fellow fans while others charged the gates to force their way into the ground in scenes of chaos that ended with Greek police using tear gas.

Gaillard had made his comments about Liverpool fans' behaviour in Europe in the wake of constant criticism about the organisation of the final between Liverpool and AC Milan.

Hicks told Sky Sports News: "The UEFA man is a clown. The guy from UEFA doesn't know what he's talking about."