Fifa vice-president Michael Platini who is currently serving a 90-day suspension on corruption charges alongside outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter, could be facing a life ban from football, according to his lawyer.
Platini’s lawyer Thibaud d’Ales said the ethics investigators’ “excessive” recommendations are a “scandal”.
The Frenchman is facing sanctions over a “disloyal payment” that saw Platini, 60, receive £1.35m from Blatter, 79, in 2011 for consultation work done nine years earlier.
The pair have denied any wrongdoing, but admitted there was no written contract.
The adjudicatory committee, led by German judge Hans Joachim Eckert, opened proceedings on Monday, after receiving the ethics committee’s recommendations.It intends to announce its verdict next month.
Platini is currently barred from taking part in the campaign to replace Blatter as Fifa president, but is taking his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
source:BBC
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