Sepp Blatter has been given a new ban

The organisation's former secretary general Jerome Valcke has also been sanctioned with the same length of suspension and a fine of CHF 1,000,000 have been imposed on both Messrs Blatter and Valcke.

Sepp Blatter has been given a new ban
Sepp Blatter

Sepp Blatter has been given a new ban from football, FIFA has announced.

The former FIFA president will serve a new six years and eight months from football after multiple breaches of the rules of the governing body of football.

“The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has found Mr Joseph S. Blatter, former FIFA President, and Mr Jérôme Valcke, former FIFA Secretary General, guilty of various violations of the FIFA Code of Ethics (FCE),” the statement said.

“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 statement added.

Sepp Blatter is already serving a suspension which ends in October  and “the bans notified today will only come into force upon the expiry of the previous bans (i.e. on 8 October 2021 and 8 October 2025, respectively).”