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| Issa Hayatou |
Cameroon's Issa Hayatou
and Spain's Angel Maria Villar are in line to take over as interim heads of
soccer's world and European governing bodies following the suspension on
Thursday of Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini. In the latest twist in the corruption
scandal engulfing the sport, Blatter and Platini were both handed 90-day
provisional bans, extendable by 45 days, by the Ethics Committee of the world
body, FIFA.
FIFA's
statutes say that the most senior vice-president will stand-in for the
president of the organization. That position is currently held by Hayatou,
president of Africa's football confederation (CAF).
Reuters report continues:
Spanish
Football Federation president Villar is positioned to take over from Platini as
he is the European governing body's highest-ranking vice-president.
Villar
has been widely reported to be facing a FIFA ethics investigation himself
related to Spain's joint bid with Portugal for the 2018 World Cup. FIFA's
ethics committee is not allowed to confirm or deny the existence of any
investigations.
In
2011, Hayatou was reprimanded by the International Olympics Committee's ethics
commission after he confirmed to them that he was paid by FIFA's former
marketing agency International Sport and Leisure in 1995.
The IOC said such an action
constituted a conflict of interest. Hayatou denied any personal gain or
wrongdoing.
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