FIFA's ethics committee has made the recommendation to suspend president Sepp Blatter for 90 days, according to multiple reports.

The suspension has to be confirmed by Judge Hans-Joachim Eckert of the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA's ethics committee.

A former adviser of Blatter, Klaus Stoehlker, has told The Guardian the ruling was made pending an ongoing criminal investigation involving the FIFA president by the Swiss attorney general.

Blatter's sometime adviser Klaus J. Stöhlker: "What we know is that President Blatter was told he has been suspended for 90 days." - Owen Gibson (@owen_g) October 7, 2015

The verdict was described as pending, as no negative findings have yet been made against Blatter.

Blatter's lawyers issued a statement following the initial recommendation from the ethics committee that read, in part: "President Blatter has not been notified of any action taken by the Ethics Committee. We would expect that the Ethics Committee would want to hear from the President and his counsel, and conduct a thorough review of the evidence, before making any recommendation to take disciplinary action."

Stoehlker said that Blatter had heard about the recommendation, but added that, "he has not got any message from the committee ... and he is perfectly under control. He is going to the office tomorrow."

Long-time Blatter aide Walter Gagg told the AP that Blatter has not yet received any information or a decision from the ethics committee.

"I was with Mr. Blatter 10 minutes ago and we know nothing about [a decision]," Gagg said just after 6:30 p.m. in Zurich. "He left now. He had no news."

Earlier Wednesday, Senegalese committee member Abdoulaye Makhtar Diop confirmed the panel were meeting in Zurich to discuss cases involving Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini.

The 90-day suspension is the longest the ethics committee can suspend an official without a conviction and is a significant blow to Blatter, who has maintained his innocence during the ongoing FIFA scandal.