The house of cards is beginning to crumble.
Twenty-four hours after Sepp Blatter denied he was going to be suspended, and about 20 minutes after Michel Platini issued a statement calling rumours of his suspension ‘insidious’, both men have been given the boot, temporarily, from FIFA after a probe by an ethics committee.
BREAKING: FIFA ethics committee BANS Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini for 90 days
— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) October 8, 2015
Ex-FIFA Vice-President Chung Mong-joon – a presidential hopeful – has been banned by FIFA for six years and fined CHF 100,000
— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) October 8, 2015
Fifa Secretary General Jerome Valcke has also been suspended and it seems possible that some of the very top administrators in football’s governing body are about to have their careers cut short.
Blatter has been under huge pressure to resign since criminal proceedings were opened by a Swiss prosecutor into allegations surrounding a TV deal contract sold to former FIFA official Jack Warner in 2006.
In addition, Valcke, who has already been put on leave for a duration of 90 days, has now been banned for 90 days. The governing body said: “The duration of the bans may be extended for an additional period not exceeding 45 days.”
Although it seems the two people that have now taken over the running of football across the globe are hardly squeaky clean either.
So Issa Hayatou the temporary head of FIFA and Angel Villar Llona the temporary head of UEFA under their rules. Llona has own ethics probe
— tariq panja (@tariqpanja) October 8, 2015
The news was greeted with the full yellow news alert on Sky so sh*t got just real.
https://twitter.com/whatrobdidnext/status/652069143466934272
While this shocking graphic just showing the level of trouble that Fifa have found themselves in over the last few years.
FIFA: something for every taste, from Mafia-level crims to low-level buffoons. pic.twitter.com/yP6CBk67VE
— Nick Harris (@sportingintel) October 8, 2015
