Platini Faces Lifetime Ban From Football.

[OlegKuznetsov 10,816]

Fifa vice-president Michel Platini could be facing a life ban from football, according to his lawyer.

The suspended Uefa chief is serving a 90-day suspension on corruption charges alongside outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter, while Fifa's adjudicatory committee considers its verdict.

Platini's lawyer Thibaud d'Ales said the ethics investigators' "excessive" recommendations are a "scandal".

The adjudicatory committee intends to announce its verdict next month.

The Frenchman is facing sanctions over a "disloyal payment" that saw Platini, 60, receive £1.35m from Blatter, 79, in 2011 for consultation work done nine years earlier.

The pair, who are serving 90-day provisional bans, have denied any wrongdoing, but admitted there was no written contract.

The adjudicatory committee, led by German judge Hans Joachim Eckert, opened proceedings on Monday, after receiving the ethics committee's recommendations.

Platini is currently barred from taking part in the campaign to replace Blatter as Fifa president, but is taking his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).

My old gran used to say that you can tell the quality of a man by the friends he keeps.

[cushynumber 25,178]

[Gandalf the Blue 1,384]

All the talk im hearing is about Platini, who should rightly be done for this. But Blatter seems to be flying under the radar.

[Moody Blue Legend 63,260]

My old gran used to say that you can tell the quality of a man by the friends he keeps.

Hi mate!

[STILLGAME 55 4,128]

Hi mate!

don't put yourself down bud

[JamieD 20,010]

He has always been a bit of a creep. Ran around the field at Heysel celebrating with the European Cup while his own club's fans were put in bodybags. His own team-mates have confirmed they knew before the match started that people had died.