Sepp Blatter lawyers: FIFA president has not been notified of any suspension

A close friend and former adviser to Blatter said on Wednesday that world soccer's chief faces an imminent 90-day suspension if FIFA's ethics judge supports a prosecutor's recommendation. A decision was expected by Friday.

In response to the report by Reuters and others, Blatter's lawyers Lorenz Erni and Richard Cullen said they "would expect that the ethics committee would want to hear from the president and his counsel, and conduct a thorough review of the evidence, before making any recommendation to take disciplinary action."