Banned FIFA leader Sepp Blatter will appeal against his eight-year ban by the world soccer body's ethics committee imposed on Monday, he told reporters.

"I will fight for me and I will fight for FIFA," Blatter said, adding he would take his objections to FIFA's appeals body, go before the Lausanne-based sports arbitration panel, or take legal action under Swiss law if needed.

Blatter and European soccer boss Michel Platini were both banned for eight years on Monday by FIFA's Ethics Committee.

The pair, who have also been fined, had been suspended for 90 days in October while an investigation was carried out into a 2 million Swiss franc ($2.02 million) payment by FIFA to Platini in 2011. Both men have denied any wrongdoing.