A TV team is reflected in a logo of FIFA a meeting of the FIFA Council at its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/FilesMANCHESTER – 01 February 2018: 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. "We are working on this case – and looking forward for development. The bans were reduced to six years by FIFA’s appeals committee in February 2016.Blatter, who has denied all charges against him, had compared the FIFA Ethics Committee investigation to "the inquisition".In 2015 Swiss prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into Blatter on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation but no charges have yet been brought.The man who headed FIFA from 1998 to 2015 says he intends to attend June's World Cup in Russia after a personal invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Source: Egypt Today February 01, 2018 12:45 UTC