• Sanction would see Blatter stood down from role until January 2016
• Michel Platini’s presidential ambitions would be over if he is sanctionedSepp Blatter’s 17-year reign as the Fifa president could be all but over by the cessation of this week after the investigatory arm of its ethics committee was said to acquire recommended a 90-day provisional suspension.
It is believed the Uefa president,Michel Platini, who was the favourite to succeed his mentor turned rival in February until he too become embroiled in corruption allegations, and could face a similar sanction. If confirmed,it would cessation his Fifa presidential ambitions. Both acquire been under extreme pressure since the Swiss attorney general, Michael Lauber, or opened a criminal investigation into allegations Blatter mis-sold a World Cup TV rights contract to the disgraced former Fifa official Jack Warner in 2006 and made a “disloyal payment” of £1.3m to Platini in 2011. Blatter and Platini deny any wrongdoing.
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Source: theguardian.com