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Blatter Must Leave FIFA Apartment By February

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Fifa has told its banned leader Sepp Blatter he will have to leave his presidential apartment by February 26 when a successor is elected, a source close to the world body said on Tuesday.

 
The apartment in an old Zurich house that has been divided is one of the perks Blatter, 79, will lose after his eight year suspension pronounced on Monday by Fifa’s ethics court.
He automatically loses his Fifa mobile phone and his professional email address, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.

 

But the disgraced Fifa leader, found guilty of a conflict of interest over a two million Swiss franc ($2 million/1.8 million euro) payment to Fifa vice president Michel Platini does not lose all privileges, the source said.

 

“He is still protected by his labour contract” under Swiss law, said the source.

 
So Blatter will get his salary – for which he has refused to reveal the amount – his Fifa car and apartment until the contract ends on February 26.

 
A Fifa congress is to be held on that day to elect a new president and agree reforms to the scandal-tainted body.

UEFA ‘Disappointed’ In FIFA Ruling Banning Platini

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The European football federation (UEFA) said it was “disappointed” in FIFA’s decision on Monday to ban Michel Platini for eight years over an ethics violation, expressing support for the Frenchman’s right to an appeal.
“Naturally, UEFA is extremely disappointed with this decision, which nevertheless is subject to appeal,” the governing body said of the ruling against Platini, who is UEFA’s president.
“UEFA supports Michel Platini’s right to a due process and the opportunity to clear his name,” the statement added.
FIFA’s ethics court suspended Platini, 60, over a 2 million Swiss franc ($2 million/1.8 million euros) payment he received from Blatter in 2011, reportedly for consulting work done a decade earlier.

 

Blatter was also banned for eight years.
Both Blatter and Platini denied there was anything suspicious about the payment and that it had previously been agreed in an oral contract.
FIFA judges said they “rejected” evidence concerning such an oral contract as it was unconvincing.

 

Shortly after the verdict, Blatter told journalists that he will appeal against the ban, first to a FIFA committee and then to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.
Platini has not commented on a possible appeal.
The Frenchman, once the heir apparent to replace Blatter as FIFA’s president, boycotted his hearing with FIFA judges on December 18, claiming their verdict was pre-determined.
He was, however, represented by his lawyers at FIFA’s Zurich headquarters, who said they had produced sufficient evidence to clear their client’s name.

 

Credit : Vanguard