Michel Platini to Appeal Eight-Year Ban, Calls it 'True Mockery'
Michel Platini said besides appealing his ban to Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) he will also file a lawsuit in a civil court to seek damages for what he had endured since the FIFA ethics commission's procedure started.
UEFA president Michel Platini said on Monday that he will appeal his eight-year ban from football at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). (Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini Banned By FIFA Ethics Court for Eight Years)
In statement, Platini described the FIFA ethics commission's procedure against him as a "true mockery". (FIFA Election Candidates to be Quizzed by European Lawmakers)
He said it had been "orchestrated... by governing bodies that I know well" to tarnish him.
Platini, a FIFA vice president, said his fate had been sealed before a commission hearing on December 18 and that the decision was "just a pathetic manoeuver to hide a true will of taking me out of the football world".
Along with an appeal to CAS, Platini said he will also file a lawsuit in a civil court to seek damages for what he had endured since the procedure started.
The Frenchman said his "behaviour has always been faultless and I'm at peace with my own conscience".