AKIPRESS.COM - FIFA president Sepp Blatter is facing a 90-day provisional suspension, BBC Sports reported.

Members of FIFA's ethics committee have recommended the sanction after the Swiss attorney general opened criminal proceedings against the 79-year-old.

He is accused of signing a contract "unfavourable" to football's governing body and making a "disloyal payment" to UEFA president Michel Platini.

Blatter denies any wrongdoing and his lawyers said he had "not been notified of any action".

European football's chief Platini - who wants to succeed Blatter - has said the payment was "valid compensation" from his time working under the Swiss more than nine years ago.

The investigatory chamber of Fifa's ethics committee has requested the ban and a final decision is likely to be made on Thursday by Hans Joachim Eckhert, the head of FIFA's ethics adjudicatory chamber.