The decision has been made by the adjudictory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, with an additional 45 day suspension also permitted if required.

The individuals are banned from all football activities on a national and international level, meaning Platini will not be able to serve as UEFA boss.

The bans come into force immediately, although the officials are able to appeal within two days of being notified of the decision.

In what has been hailed as a symbolic step, Blatter has this evening removed all reference to him being FIFA President from his Twitter account.

Cameroon's Confederation of African Football (CAF) President and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Issa Hayatou, Blatter's Presidential challenger in 2002 who has twice been embroiled in corruption allegations himself, will become interim FIFA head because he is the longest-serving vice-president on FIFA’s Executive Committee, it has been confirmed.

In 2011 he was censored by the IOC for being named on a list after individuals who had allegedly received kickbacks made by sports marketing company ISL between 1989 and 1999.

Spaniard Angel Villar Llona is expected to lead UEFA on a temporary basis.

The former Athletic Bilbao and Spanish player, who led the unsuccessful joint bid from Spain and Portugal for the 2018 World Cup, also had an investigation opened against him by the FIFA Ethics Committee last year for alleged wrongdoing in both the 2018 and 2022 World Cup races.

FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke - who had already been put on gardening leave - has also been handed a similar 90 day ban. 

The chamber was chaired by Dr Cornel Borbély, with the investigation against Blatter to be carried out by Guam's Robert Torres and the one against Platini by Vanessa Allard, it was revealed.

In what is yet another blow in a tumultuous period for the governing body, the decision seemingly ends the Presidential aspirations of both Platini and Chung, two officials who had already entered the race to replace Blatter next year.

The ruling regarding Chung is perhaps the most interesting new revelation to emerge today.

Following the opening of proceedings in January based on the report on the investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, the South Korean has been found guilty of infringing FIFA Ethics rules related to conduct, confidentiality, disclosure and collaboration.

He has also been fined CHF100,000 (£62,000/$103,000/€90,000).

This all follows the Swiss Attorney General announcing the opening of "criminal proceedings" against Blatter on "suspicion of criminal mismanagement as well as - alternatively - on suspicion of misappropriation" on September 25.

Blatter, who was re-elected during FIFA’s Congress in Zurich in May before stepping down just five days later following the arrest of several officials, is alleged to have signed a contract with the Caribbean Football Union - headed at the time by another corruption tainted official in Trinidad and Tobago's Jack Warner - considered "unfavourable" for FIFA.

The investigation in September marked the first time Blatter had been personally accused of involvement in a string of corruption scandals within world football’s governing body, which have plagued the sport for over two decades.

But the official himself is still protesting his innocence, telling Blatter earlier told German magazine Bunte that the investigation into his actions was "outrageous" and "not correct".

In a statement last night before the suspension was confirmed, Platini described the allegation as "clearly an extremely serious matter, all the more so given that this information appears to have come from an official FIFA source, despite the fact that the Ethics Committee, which is supposed to act with full independence, has not yet issued its decision".

He added: "This deliberate leak - which is insidious in nature and has come about in an unacceptable manner - is essentially an attempt to damage my reputation."

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