Sepp Blatter sponsors". Reports speculated that it appears that Blatter will step down at the "extraordinary congress" though the situation remains vague. On 25 September, Swiss investigators announced that they were investigating Blatter in relation to payments made to UEFA president Michel Platini. While Blatter and Platini denied any impropriety around the payments, major FIFA sponsors Coca-Cola, Visa Inc., McDonald's, and Budweiser issued public statements requesting that he resign for the good of FIFA. On 8 October 2015 he was suspended from FIFA for 90 days while investigations into payments made to Michel Platini were conducted. FIFA said in a statement: "The
2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or Lothar Matthäus, Pelé and FIFA president Sepp Blatter side-by-side with pop singer Shakira. The top three nominees for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or were: The following 20 men were also in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2011: The top three nominees for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year were: The following seven women were also in contention for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year: The day after the awards ceremony, Spanish newspaper "Marca" reported that none of the four captains of the Spanish women's national team had voted for the Women's World Player