Written by Jeff Snyder at Bloguin
Michel Platini’s lawyer, Thibaut d’Ales, has stunningly claimed that the FIFA Ethics Committee is seeking to ban the UEFA President for life. There is no word on whether or not this ban would extend to FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
Formal corruption proceedings have been opened against Platini and Blatter by Hans-Joachim Eckert and the FIFA Ethics Committee after the final report of an investigation on the duo. The investigation in question was into an alleged breach of ethical code in regards to a £1.3m payment made to Platini from Blatter in 2011.
D’Ales reported to the Associated Press that the maximum sanction was the recommended punishment for the former French player.
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