The verdict on suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA boss Michel Platini will be announced on Monday, a spokesman for the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA ethics committee has announced.
Spokesman Marc Tenbuecken on Friday said the chamber headed by German Jans-Joachim Eckert will deliberate on the weekend “and publish its verdict on Monday”.
Blatter and Platini face life bans if found guilty of corruption – or bans over several years in the case of conflict of interest – in connection with a “disloyal payment” of $US2 million ($A2.81 million) Platini received for FIFA work done between 1998 and 2002.
Blatter attended a hearing Thursday while Platini was represented by his lawyer on Friday.
Both men protest their innocence and while admitting that there was no written contract they say they had a verbal agreement.
A ban would end Platini’s ambition to succeed Blatter as FIFA boss in February.
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Breaking news: De FIFA schorst Sepp Blatter en Michel Platini voor acht jaar. Later meer op FOXSports.nl.
Paul
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hope these thieves are stripped of their individual legacies. Qatar to lose the 2022 World Cup. 8year terms only for FIFA executives, plus money to flow grassroots instead of up the tree
Anthony Ferguson
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Good riddance to both of these crooks. FIFA is better off without them.