Sepp Blatter: Suspended Fifa president was 'close to dying'.. Suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter has said he feared he was dying during a recent health scare. Blatter, 79, who is serving a 90-day suspension from football, spent six days in hospital earlier this month with a stress-related illness. "I was between the angels who were singing and the devil who was lighting the fire, but it was the angels who sang," said Blatter. "I was close to dying. At some stage the body says 'no, enough is enough'." Blatter, who has been in charge of football's world governing body for nearly 18 years, was provisionally suspended after being accused of signing a contract "unfavourable" to Fifa and making a "disloyal payment" to Uefa president Michel Platini. Fifa's ethics committee is investigating after Platini received a £1.35m payment, which was made nine years after the 60-year-old carried out consultation work for Blatter. Both Blatter and Platini have denied any wrongdoing and in an interview with Swiss broadcaster RTS, which will be broadcast on Wednesday, Blatter called Platini "an honest man". "There is an agreement, even in the Fifa regulations that a contract can be made either in writing or orally. It is an oral contract, a contract of work," added the Swiss. Despite also serving a 90-day Fifa suspension, Platini is still in the running to succeed Blatter as Fifa president when the election is held in February. On the question of whether or not the Uefa president would make a good Fifa president, Blatter said: "Yes. If he comes back, he will be elected." He now knows how the rest of us felt during his rule, the man is still a buffoon and a prick..! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34898229
Agreed. I watched the excellent C5 programme about FIFA last night - in my view the bloke is deluded - I think he actually believes his own lies
We want our bid money back. It was spent under a false promise of a fair vote. That constitutes extortion. Presumably Bristol City also spent money on our own bid to be one of the hosting clubs - we could spend that strengthening the team.
Pretty sure it was Bristol Council who stumped that money up, I can remember CJS whinging like a girl cos it may have cost everyone 10p a week someone figured out? Those were the days!
When doesn't he whine, I'm sure some City fan nicked his dinner money in school to have this much envy And if Bluebaldee is reading this, where's my friend request you was going to ask for you bell end
Ain't the same without them though, I wish they would stop being so utterly ****. Just as they start to appear like ants in Summer they manage to contrive another 6 weeks of disasters to send them back in to hibernation again..
Just watched the Blatter programme on catch up There is no doubt Blatter is on borrowed time in that the club that he created is starting to implode. There is however one thing I have to say is to his credit. He has through "FIFA funding" introduced football to a greater number of countries and this is no doubt much to UEFA's annoyance. It wasn't so long ago that the World Cup used to alternate between Europe and South America. Now it is a global sport. He has used his skills to operate in an environment advantageous to him and in this respect is no different that some of the multi nationals who pay no UK tax. He has however been found out and its time to go. I wonder what will replace it however!.
