FIFA Investigator Recommends 9-Year Ban for Jérôme Valcke

Photo Jérôme Valcke in 2014. He was suspended provisionally in October because of “the suspicion of misuse of expenses and other infringements.” Credit Sebastien Bozon/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The investigator for FIFA’s independent ethics committee on Tuesday recommended a nine-year ban for the organization’s former secretary general, Jérôme Valcke, who served as Sepp Blatter’s top deputy for nearly a decade before he was placed on leave in September amid a corruption inquiry.

The investigator, Cornel Borbély, also recommended that Mr. Valcke’s provisional suspension, which was to expire Tuesday, be extended by 45 days, and that he be fined 100,000 Swiss francs (about $99,000).…