the spokesman of the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA ethics committee confirms.
Spokesman Marc Tenbuecken said that the chamber headed by German Jans-Joachim Eckert, will deliberate on the weekend “and publish its verdict on Monday.”
Blatter and Platini face life bans if found guilty of corruption; or bans over several years in the case of conflict of interest; in connection with a “disloyal payment” of 2 million dollars Platini received for FIFA work done between 1998 and 2002.
Blatter attended a hearing Thursday while Platini was represented by his lawyer Friday. Both men protest their innocence and while admitting that there was no written contract they say they had a verbal agreement. A ban would end Platini’s ambition to succeed Blatter as FIFA boss in February.
Source: GNA
