Moscow, – Banned former FIFA president Sepp Blatter will fly to Moscow on Tuesday, his spokesman told Reuters.
Blatter plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and watch Portugal play Morocco in a World Cup soccer match, the spokesman said.
NAN Blatter and Michel Platini were each handed eight year bans by the FIFA ethics committee in December 2015, following an investigation into a “disloyal payment” of two million dollars from Blatter to Platini.
The ethics committee ruled the payment was a conflict of interest and a breach of loyalty.
Blatter was also fined 40,000 dollars while Platini was fined 80,ooo dollars.
MAM reports that in December 2016, Blatter lost his appeal at the court of arbitration for sport against a six-year ban from football.
The verdict ended Blatter’s hopes of becoming honorary president of football’s governing body which he left in disgrace.