Banned FIFA member Mohamed Bin Hammam has claimed FIFA would never have dared to take action against him if he were European.

Former FIFA executive Mohamed Bin Hammam has called the decision to ban him for life “deeply flawed” but believes trying to clear his name may prove difficult in the face of “tactical games” from the governing body as he launched his formal appeal.

FIFA executive committee member Mohamed bin Hammam has been banned from football for life after being found guilty of bribery by FIFA’s ethics committee.

FIFA’s ethics chiefs are to investigate claims of ’vote-buying’ in a bitter contest for one of the 23 seats on the world governing body’s all-powerful executive committee.