Fallen FIFA chief Sepp Blatter will appeal against his eight-year ban in a fight to clear his name. Blatter now joins fellow suspended official Michel Platini. Blatter's US-based attorney Richard Cullen confirmed to AFP in an email that he will appeal it. The confirmation came after FIFA's ethics tribunal on Saturday revealed it had provided Blatter and UEFA president Platini with the reasons for imposing the ban, clearing the way for both men to appeal. A lawyer for Platini, who has also been banned for eight years, had earlier confirmed an appeal would be launched.In December, FIFA's ethics tribunal ruled both men had abused their positions over a 2 million dollar payment made to Platini in 2011 for work carried out between 1999 and 2002. The court insisted there was "no legal basis" for the payment that Blatter authorised for Platini in 2011. The tribunal decision promises to end 79-year-old Blatter's four decades with FIFA in disgrace. It also dealt a devastating blow to Platini's hopes of taking over as head of FIFA in an election on February 26.