The 60-year-old former Juventus and French midfield player vowed not to turn up after he was left angered by Ethics Committee spokesman Andreas Bantel, who reportedly said he would receive a ban of "several years" following the hearing.

His lawyers claimed that the comments meant that FIFA had "breached the presumption of innocence".

Platini was represented instead by his legal team when his case was heard before FIFA's Investigatory Chamber chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert. 

"Mr Platini is innocent," said Platini's lawyer Thibaud d'Ales at the end of the hearing, which lasted 10 hours. 

"That is what we have evidenced to the Committee today through witness testimony and a number of other evidences.

"Now we are hoping that the Ethics Committee will render the law."

Platini was referred to the Ethics Committee after he allegedly received a payment valued at CHF 2 million (£1.3 million/$2.1 million/€1.8 million) which was "disloyal" and not in the interests of FIFA. 

The money was supposedly for work Platini carried out for FIFA between 1999 and 2002, but he was not paid until 2011 and the nine-year gap has caused suspicion. 

Platini has not had his candidature to replace Blatter as President of FIFA assessed because he is serving a 90-day suspension which was handed out due to the probe into the payment.

He has been told that his case will be "reassessed" if he is found not guilty of wrongdoing but his slim hopes of succeeding the Swiss appear to be increasingly fading.

The 79-year-old Blatter was also suspended for 90-days due to alleged wrongdoing surrounding the payment, as well as an allegedly "unfavourable" contract he signed with the Caribbean Football Union. 

He appeared before the FIFA Ethics Committee yesterday.

Earlier, acting FIFA President Issa Hayatou called on all 209 Member Federations to “fully support, implement and abide by the new reforms" agreed by the ruling Executive Committee earlier this month.

The recommendations include restricting the President to a maximum 12-year term.

Other proposals include establishing a FIFA Council, which will replace the current ruling Executive Committee and would be chaired by the President.

Members of the Council would be elected by Member Associations at their respective Confederation Congresses and would have to pass an integrity check before taking up the position.

Another recommendation is that a new article be implemented into FIFA's statutes to ensure human rights are protected, which have come under question concerning construction of venues for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

“The future of FIFA and the global development of football depend on our full commitment to embracing a change in culture from top to bottom,” Hayatou wrote in an open letter co-signed by Markus Kattner, FIFA’s acting secretary general.

As finance director, Kattner was involved in signing off the payment to Platini.

Eckert is expected to announce his decision on both Blatter and Platini on Monday (December 21). 

Any sanctions can by challenged at the FIFA Appeals Committee and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.