Fifa president Sepp Blatter facing suspension by ethics committee
- 9 years ago
Embattled Fifa president Sepp Blatter is on the verge of being suspended from football, after a longtime adviser confirmed the investigatory arm of Fifa's ethics committee had recommended the sanction.
Blatter has been under risk of suspension after the ethics committee opened proceedings into claims that he mis-sold a World Cup TV rights contract to disgraced former Fifa official Jack Warner in 2006 and made a "disloyal payment" of £1.3m to Uefa president Michel Platini in 2011 .
Blatter had promised to quit next February in the wake of an avalanche of corruption allegations but the move could effectively end his 17-year tenure as Fifa president and four decades at the heart of football's global governing body.
Fifa has been in turmoil since May, when a series of dawn raids heralded the worst crisis in its history and US prosecutors indicted 14 individuals, including nine current or former Fifa officials, on charges of money laundering, racketeering and corruption.
Blatter has been under risk of suspension after the ethics committee opened proceedings into claims that he mis-sold a World Cup TV rights contract to disgraced former Fifa official Jack Warner in 2006 and made a "disloyal payment" of £1.3m to Uefa president Michel Platini in 2011 .
Blatter had promised to quit next February in the wake of an avalanche of corruption allegations but the move could effectively end his 17-year tenure as Fifa president and four decades at the heart of football's global governing body.
Fifa has been in turmoil since May, when a series of dawn raids heralded the worst crisis in its history and US prosecutors indicted 14 individuals, including nine current or former Fifa officials, on charges of money laundering, racketeering and corruption.