Outgoing FIFA president Blatter and UEFA president Platini are facing lengthy bans if found guilty of several breaches of FIFA's ethics code over a £1.3million payment made by FIFA to Platini in 2011. A decision is expected before Christmas.
Hans-Joachim Eckert, the German judge who heads the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA's ethics committee, has opened proceedings against the pair after studying reports from investigators. Blatter and Platini - who are both provisionally suspended based on four potential ethics code breaches: mismanagement, conflict of interest, false accounting and non co-operation with or criticising the ethics committee.
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini will have formal hearings later this month into allegations that they breached FIFA's ethics code.
Blatter has revealed he was 'close to death' after collapsing earlier this month.The 79-year-old, currently suspended from his post as FIFA president, fainted while visiting his parents' grave with family members.
Blatter spent time in hospital and has since been released, but said the health scare was very serious. He told Swiss TV channel RTS: 'The pressure on me was enormous. 'I was close to death. I sat between angels singing and the fire of the devil.'
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