Breaking News!!!! FIFA President Suspended

FIFA's ethics committee has put it President Sepp Blatter on a 90 days provisional suspension a move which would finally spell the end of his time as president.

It is understood the investigatory arm of the committee has recommended a 90-day suspension for Blatter but that the German adjudicatory judge Joachim Eckert is yet to make a final decision. The committee met this week after the Swiss attorney general opened criminal proceedings against Blatter over a £1.3m payment to UEFA President Michel Platini.

A friend and adviser to Blatter, Klaus Stohlker, said that the FIFA's ethics committee has made the ruling pending further investigations by the Swiss attorney general. Stohlker said “There is no suspension active. President Blatter was told he could be suspended for 90 days. The first floor [investigatory chamber] has taken the decision today - they have taken the decision. That's why the second [adjudicatory chamber] needs to take the decision. We do not know when that second decision will be taken."

Lorenz Erni of Erni Brun Forrer, Blatter's lawyers has released a statement to this effect saying that “we issue this statement in response to press reports about the FIFA Ethics Committee, President Blatter has not been notified of any action taken by the FIFA Ethics Committee. We would expect that the Ethics Committee would want to hear from the President and his counsel, and conduct a thorough review of the evidence, before making any recommendation to take disciplinary action”.

The 90-day suspension is the longest FIFA's ethics committee can hand down while they carry out their investigation.