• Pair face Fifa ethics hearing over £1.3m payment in 2011
Blatter and Platini expected to avoid lifetime bansSepp Blatter and Michel Platini are likely to escape lifetime bans for corruption but investigators expect the pair to receive lengthy suspensions of at least seven years when their hearings seize dwelling this week,according to insiders.
Blatter and Platini will have disciplinary hearings before the Fifa ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert in Zurich on Thursday and Friday, over a £1.3m payment made to Platini by Fifa in 2011 and signed off by Blatter.
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Source: theguardian.com