Blatter appeals as FIFA considers calling emergency exco meeting

Sepp Blatter has become the first of Wednesday’s suspended officials to submit formal notification of an appeal against the decision of the world football federation’s ethics committee.

Blatter took the initiative amid discussions of a call for an emergency meeting of FIFA’s executive committee to discuss the latest crisis and even a postponement of the presidential election set for February 26.

FIFA’s Blatter, UEFA president Michel Platini and FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke – already sent on ‘gardening leave’ – were given 90-day suspensions pending the outcome of a full inquiry into allegations of mismanagement.