Blatter, Platini suspended from soccer by FIFA’s ethics body

He did not attend the meeting of the UEFA executive committee on Thursday and has cancelled several official trips.

UEFA will host an emergency meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on October 15 to discuss the situation.

UEFA have however stated that Platini will not perform his full duties for the time being.

Blatter, who went on to win his fifth term as president was not among those charged in the United States indictments. But If it should happen, it will happen.

A later statement confirmed Platini would not conduct any official business with UEFA, avoiding any possible ethics sanctions that may have been handed down had Platini broken the ban. I am more determined than ever to defend myself before the relevant judicial bodies.

The suspension comes less than two weeks after Swiss attorneys opened a criminal investigation against Blatter. Michel Platini might never even get there.

June 2 Blatter says he will organise election to choose a new president.

“I think it was inevitable that Sepp Blatter would be suspended over something”.

“The future can only be constructed without the current president, without Sepp Blatter”.

No tweet has appeared on Blatter’s account since Friday.

Dyke added that if there was any finding of wrongdoing by the investigations into the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups he was convinced there would have to be a re-vote. South Korea was one of the bidding nations in the contest won by Qatar.

“FIFA remains committed to the reform process, which is critical to reclaiming public trust”.

Federation Internationale de Football Association said Blatter, who has been its president since 1998, had been “relieved of all his duties” during the 90 days.

Global Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has declared “enough is enough” over the FIFA scandal and demanded that football’s world governing body considers a “credible external candidate” as president to help clean up the mess. The 60-year-old Frenchman claims: “The allegations are astonishingly vague”.

In rare comments to journalists, Hayatou has always said he has a “clear conscience” about his dealings in worldwide sport.

Platini has been the favourite to succeed Blatter as president next year.

“I will serve only on an interim basis”, Hayatou said in a statement.

Issa Hayatou head of the Confederation of African Football, a Blatter ally, was put in charge of the multi-billion dollar body. Those worries subsided when Swiss authorities launched an investigation into the beleaguered leader.

The committee called for “a very rapid final decision” in the case.

Yesterday, former France global footballer Platini issued a statement questioning how the information had been made public.

“That’s why we said in our statement that we are awaiting the results of the investigation – we need to see the evidence”.