Sepp Blatter: 'Suspended for eight years for what?'

Blatter’s personal advisor Klaus Stoehlker confirmed that he will appeal against the ban and take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have both been banned for eight years from all football activity for abusing their positions as the two most powerful men in the sport.

A statement from the ethics committee says: “Mr Blatter’s actions did not show commitment to an ethical attitude, failing to respect all applicable laws and regulations as well as FIFA’s regulatory framework to the extent applicable to him and demonstrating an abusive execution of his position as president of FIFA, hence violating article 13 of the FCE (general rules of conduct).”