Despite being banned from world international football for eight years, Sepp Blatter will continue to receive his salary of $6 million dollars from FIFA until a new president is elected in late February; A FIFA spokesman confirmed to Reuters.
Blatter, along with Michel Platini, were handed an 8year ban from football by the FIFA ethics committee, over a $2 million conflict-of-interest payment FIFA made to Platini, that was approved by Blatter and is part of a swiss criminal investigation.
It was gathered that Blatter is set to receive 5months salary before February, this includes months for which he was FIFA president, when CAF president Issa Hayatou, served as FIFA president.
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