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 The French administrator has denied any wrongdoing in the case,
which is among dozens of allegations rocking soccer's governing
body, caught up in worst graft scandal of its history.
Investigators for the ethics committee recommended on Tuesday that
Valcke be banned for nine years and fined 100,000 Swiss francs
($98,990.30).
The committee said in a statement on Wednesday that it's chief judge
Hans-Joachim Eckert had suspended Valcke for another 45 days pending
a final judgement, after a previous 90-day ban expired. Valcke was
also placed on indefinite leave by FIFA in September.
The allegations against Valcke stem from former Israeli football
player Benny Alon telling a news conference in September in Zurich
that he agreed in 2013 to pay cash to Valcke to secure plum tickets
for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
He said the plan was to then sell the tickets to fans at a markup
and split the proceeds with Valcke, who was right-hand man to banned
president Sepp Blatter. Alon said the deal fell through and he never
paid the football official.
Blatter has been banned from any involvement in the game for eight
years.
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Forty-one people and sports entities, including top FIFA officials,
have been indicted by U.S. prosecutors for offences including
corruption, fraud and money laundering.
(Reporting by Brian Homewood in Berne; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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