Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he will not appeal against the ban imposed on him last month, claiming the members of the world governing body’s ethics committee are “biased”. FIFA’s ethics committee found Blatter was part of a “vicious circle” of officials who sought to award themselves over £50million in undeclared payments. Blatter told the PA news agency via a spokesman: “I do not consider the FIFA ethics committee to have jurisdiction in this matter. In its judgement, the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s ethics committee described Blatter’s behaviour as “completely reprehensible”. Undue benefits to Blatter were authorised by Valcke and Julio Grondona, the former president of the Argentinian football federation who died in 2014.

Source: Express April 15, 2021 15:11 UTC