Blatter, Platini could get seven- year bans

WORLD soccer ruling body, FIFA may finally nail
the cofin on suspended President Sepp Blatter
and his vice-president Michel Platini if the seven-
year bans rumoured to have been recommended
by the ethics committee is anything to go
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corruption claims may be banned from football.
According to BBC report, FIFA ethics
investigators are likely to have recommended the
sanctions over a “disloyal payment” that saw
Platini, 60, receive £1.35m from Blatter, 79.
There was no written contract for the
consultation-work payment, which Platini
received nine years later.
The adjudicatory committee intends to announce
its verdict by Christmas.
Both Blatter and Platini, who is also the president
of European football’s governing body Uefa, are
currently serving 90-day provisional bans. The
pair have denied any wrongdoing, stating they
had a “oral contract” for the work.
However, they are thought to be facing additional
charges including mismanagement, false
accounting and failure to co-operate with the
ethics committee.
The adjudicatory committee, led by German
judge Hans Joachim Eckert, opened proceedings
on Monday, although a verdict will not be
announced until next month at the earliest.