Fifa ethics committee wants lifetime ban for Michel Platini, claims lawyer leading investigation

Platini is provisionally suspended from Fifa's Executive Committee due to an investigation into a £1.3m payment made to him by Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
Uefa president is barred from election until cleared by Fifa’s ethics committee
Fifa's ethic committee are seeking to impose a lifetime ban on Uefa president Michel Platini, according to the lawyer  at the head of the investigatory chamber's report into the 60-year-old Frenchman.

Hans-Joachim Eckert, the German judge who chairs the adjudicatory chamber of Fifa’s ethics committee, has opened formal proceedings against both Platini and Fifa president Sepp Blatter after receiving the final report of an investigation into alleged serious breaches of their ethical code regarding a £1.3m payment made to the Uefa chief by Blatter in 2011.
Blatter and Platini facing length bans as Fifa open formal proceedings
However, lawyer Vanessa Allard, who had led the investigation into Platini and Blatter, has told AFP that she has recommended a lifetime ban for the former France international footballer.
Both face lengthy bans if they are found guilty, with a decision believed to be made in December over their futures with Fifa. Platini hopes to succeed Blatter when the next Fifa president is elected on 26 February 2016, but any ban will rule his application invalid and he won’t be allowed to run for the presidency.
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Blatter and Platini are currently provisionally suspended by Fifa pending the outcome of their investigation into them. Both deny any wrongdoing.

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