Exclusive: Blatter considering legal action against FIFA

[February 01, 2018]  MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, currently serving a ban from the sport, told Reuters on Thursday he is considering legal action against the global football body in an attempt to clear his name.

Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, was handed a six-year ban for ethics violations, imposed amid the biggest corruption scandal to shake world soccer's governing body in 2015.

The 81-year-old Swiss said that while "for the time being there is no legal action", he and his lawyers were working on a potential case.

"My aim is to look into the decision of FIFA’s Ethic-Committee in view of informations, and even evidences that I have received, in the meantime, in connection with my suspension," Blatter told Reuters via email.

(Reporting by Simon Evans, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter gestures during an interview in Zurich, Switzerland April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann