That’s not four years apiece but 8 years each for both of them.
It’s going to be a gloomy sort of christmas for Blatter and Platini.
They have been suspended for eight years from all football-related activities following an ethics investigation.
The Fifa ethics committee found Blatter and Platini had demonstrated an “abusive execution” of their positions with respect to a 1.3m ($2m) “disloyal payment” made by Blatter to Platini in 2011.
“I will fight for me and for Fifa,” Blatter, 79, said at a news conference.
Platini said the decision was a “masquerade” intended to “dirty” his name.
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