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Blatter, Platini to Face Federation Internationale de Football Association Sanctions

It included evidence of a murky two million Swiss franc (S$2.8 million) payment made to Platini in 2011, reportedly for work he did a decade earlier.

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Both men have denied any wrongdoing.

Both men were provisionally suspended by the ethics committee in October for 90 days.

A statement released on Saturday stated the final report had been submitted and sanctions against the pair have been sought.

Recently judged Federation Internationale de Football Association ethics cases suggest Blatter and Platini face bans of at least seven years.

Switzerland’s attorney general has also opened criminal proceedings against Blatter for suspected criminal mismanagement of Federation Internationale de Football Association money, over Platini’s $2 million and the undervalued sale of Caribbean TV rights for the World Cup.

Platini said on Wednesday he would take his case to CAS, claiming that FIFA’s investigation against him had been “one-sided, unfair and biased”.

Despite the suspension, Blatter’s camp has insisted that he will return to the presidency before the vote. He has appealed to the Court of Arbitration of Sport against his provisional ban but, even if he wins and is allowed to stand, his plans would be scuppered if Eckert’s adjudicatory chamber accepts the investigation’s recommendations.

The ban from all football-related activity means that the Frenchman can not campaign in the presidential race against the five confirmed candidates, who have already passed required integrity tests.

“The adjudicatory chamber will study the reports carefully and decide in due course about whether to institute formal adjudicatory proceedings against Joseph S. Blatter and Michel Platini”.

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It added its chairman, Dr Cornel Borbely, had withdrawn from proceedings against Blatter and Platini to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interests.

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