FIFA’s ethics committee has asked for sanctions against Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini after finishing investigations into their alleged financial wrongdoing.
FIFA President Blatter and UEFA President Platini now face bans of several years at full hearings before FIFA ethics judge Joachim Eckert, likely in December.
The ethics court investigation chamber said on Saturday it will not reveal what sanctions it requested due to “privacy rights and the presumption of innocence.”
“The adjudicatory chamber will study the reports carefully and decide in due course about whether to institute formal adjudicatory proceedings,” the separate judging chamber said in a statement.
The case centers on a $2 million payment of FIFA money Blatter approved for Platini in 2011 as backdated salary. Platini was employed by Blatter as a presidential adviser from 1998-2002.
Blatter and Platini, whose campaign for the FIFA presidency is stalled by his legal troubles, were suspended by the ethics committee on Oct. 8 pending the full verdicts.
The full charges of unethical conduct against Blatter and Platini could include conflicts of interest.
Recently judged FIFA ethics cases suggest Blatter and Platini face bans of at least seven years.