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Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter has accused the organisation of abandoning him, pledging to continue the fight to clear his name.
Blatter and Michel Platini were handed eight-year bans by FIFA's Independent Ethics Committee this month following allegations of a "disloyal payment" from FIFA to the suspended UEFA boss.
With Blatter's successor set to be voted for at an Extraordinary Congress in February, the 79-year-old took a swipe at world football's governing body, accusing it of abandoning him.
"I now no longer fight for FIFA. They have abandoned me. I only fight for myself and my honour," he told German magazine Bunte.
"These false allegations have unleashed in me a new energy. After Christmas, I'll start to defend myself."
