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Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Mitchell Platini have been banned for eight years in all football related issues. The decision was made by the FIFA ethics committee.
Chairman of the ethics committee German Judge Hans- Joachim Eckert gave the rulings. The committee found Blatter guilty of paying 2m Swiss francs to Platini in 2011 without any formal written document
showing that the transaction took place.
In addition, Blatter was fined the sum of 50,000 Swiss francs or £34,000 while Platini was fined the sum of 80,000 Swiss francs or £54,000.
Blatter and Platini however claimed that the transaction was legal, because Swiss law legalizes verbal contract and at such pleaded not guilty. But the ethics committee observed that though Swiss law allows verbal contract, the transaction did not appear in FIFA's account.
Platini who is considered as the heir to the throne, would miss the European Championship in which he ordinarily would have been there as UEFA President. His long-term dream of becoming FIFA'S President has been shattered.
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