Premier League chairman Sir Dave Richards has yet to apologise for accusing UEFA and FIFA of stealing football from the English, according to UEFA president Michel Platini.
Richards promised to apologise after making the remarks last week, and league chief executive Richard Scudamore said on Tuesday that the chairman had rung those he may have offended.
But Platini said the apology may have got lost, and the chance of a face-to-face apology was missed when Richards also pulled out of attending UEFA's Congress in Istanbul on Thursday.
Platini said: "I read in an English media outlet he was going to send an email - maybe the email got lost in the corridors of UEFA but I never saw it.
"What he said was slightly surprising, because I know Mr Richards' ingenuity.
"He said football was stolen from England and that a gang has done this. We are not a gang at UEFA and the English are so generous they have given football to the entire planet.
"Football now belongs to the whole world and I want to thank England for their gift to the world."
Richards had been due in Istanbul to sign a contract with UEFA in his capacity as chairman of the European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL).
The memorandum of understanding between the EPFL and UEFA was instead signed by Sergey Pryadkin, the president of the Russian Premier League.
Platini added: "I don't know the reasons that motivated the president of the EPFL not to come. What was important was to have the contract with the EPFL signed."
Meanwhile, Platini said he would back Turkey for Euro 2020 but only if Istanbul loses their bid for the Olympics in the same year.
The International Olympic Committee will vote for the 2020 Summer Games host in September next year, ahead of UEFA's decision.
Platini added: "Turkey had a strong bid for Euro 2016 and it will be even stronger in 2020.
"If Istanbul does not get the Olympics, it will be a strong bid that I will vote for. If Turkey has the Olympic Games, then I will not vote for it.
"It is not possible to have two competitions in the same place just about the same time."
Turkey lost out to Platini's home country, France, for 2016 by a single vote. The UEFA president was not allowed to vote but had canvassed for France.
