The former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been given a new ban of six years and eight months from football. He was found guilty of various charges by FIFA.
Former secretary general Jérôme Valcke has also been banned by the game’s global governing body, as the body made an official announcement.
The ban has been imposed for multiple breaches of FIFA’s ethics code and comes into force when a current suspension ends in October, FIFA’s statement said.
The same length of suspension has been imposed on the organisation’s former secretary general Jérôme Valcke. Both men have been fined 1m Swiss francs (almost £780,000), FIFA said.
A statement from FIFA read: “The investigations into Messrs. Blatter and Valcke covered various charges, in particular concerning bonus payments in relation to FIFA competitions that were paid to top FIFA management officials, various amendments and extensions of employment contracts, as well as reimbursement by FIFA of private legal costs in the case of Mr. Valcke.”
The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s ethics committee found Blatter, 85, in breach of rules concerning duty of loyalty, conflicts of interest and offering or accepting gifts or other benefits. Valcke, 60, was found to have breached those same ethics code articles, plus abuse of position.
Blatter and Valcke have both been banned from involvement in the game since 2015.
