Mohamed bin Hammam has vowed to overturn his bribery conviction and life ban from football, calling the decision an act of "revenge" by FIFA and its president Sepp Blatter.
Bin Hammam told the BBC Sunday that ''the ban for life, that shows how much these people are angry, how much they are full of revenge".
FIFA imposed the ban Saturday after finding the suspended Asian Football Confederation president guilty of bribery allegations in his campaign to unseat Blatter as head of the sport's world governing body, just months after he helped secure 2022 World Cup hosting rights for his tiny Gulf homeland of Qatar.
Bin Hammam denies the allegations, and plans to clear his name by launching several appeals, including at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.
He said: "The first step for me is the appeals committee of FIFA which is another kangaroo court.
"Then after that when we go to CAS things are going to be much improved. At that time I think FIFA will not have the full stage themselves.
"Then I should go to the civil courts in Switzerland where we have full confidence to make the necessary justice."
