Fifa investigators recommend ban for Qatar Football Association vice-president chief Saoud Al Mohannadi

Fifa investigators want Qatar Football Association vice-president Saoud Al Mohannadi to be banned for "failure to properly co-operate and provide truthful information" in an investigation.

The investigators from world football's governing body's ethics committee have not confirmed the nature of the investigation but have said it does not relate to Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid. They have recommended that ethics judges impose a ban on Al Mohannadi of "no less than two years and six months" for three violations of Fifa's code of ethics.

Al Mohannadi, who is also a former general secretary of the QFA, is among four Asian Football Confederation candidates currently competing for two vacant Fifa seats.

"The investigation against Mr Al Mohannadi concerned his failure to properly co-operate and provide truthful information to the investigatory chamber in the framework of another investigation not related to the awarding of the 2022 Fifa World Cup," read a statement from the investigatory chamber of Fifa's ethics committee.

"In his final report, the chief of the investigation (Djimbaraye Bourngar) recommends imposing a ban of no less than two years and six months and a fine of no less than 20,000 Swiss francs on Mr Al Mohannadi.

"Until a formal decision is taken by the adjudicatory chamber of the ethics committee, the accused party is presumed innocent."