Fifa committee recommends lifetime bans for Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter

Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter are both facing possible lifetime bans on corruption charges brought by Fifa’s ethics committee.

Uefa president Platini’s lawyer has confirmed the recommendation by ethics investigators is for a lifetime ban for the Frenchman and it is believed that the same recommended sanction applies to the case of outgoing Fifa president Blatter.

The recommended sanctions relate to corruption charges brought over a £1.3m (€2m) payment made to Platini from Fifa in 2011 that was signed off by Blatter. The pair also face charges of mismanagement, conflict of interest, false accounting and non co-operation with or criticising the ethics committee. Formal hearings into allegations of Fifa’s ethics code breaches will take place later this month.