Blatter about stress: “I was close to death” – Aftonbladet

The outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter, 69, was after all the corruption scandals and police investigations hospitalized for more than two weeks ago.

Now, he has been printed – but it could have ended much worse.

– I was between the angels sang and the devil who lit the fire, he told Swiss television channel RTS.

Sepp Blatter is a pressed man. FIFA president has been a turbulent year behind him where he first became re-elected Fifa president, but where he shortly thereafter decided to resign as a result of the aftermath of a corruption scandal. He has subsequently been singled out in a police investigation and additionally suspended by FIFA’s ethics committee.

It all escalated when, after a minor collapse was hospitalized for control of the symptoms of stress.

“The press was enormous “

He was just over a week ago to leave the hospital. Now he first told of the incident. And according to him, could it all ended much worse.

– I was close to dying. I was between the angels sang and the devil who lit the fire, but it was the Angels who sang, says Fifa bugs Swiss television channel RTS, according to The Telegraph.

– The pressure was enormous. At some stage, says the body only; “No, enough is enough”. But if you are strong mentally, you can resist.

Want to see Platini as successor

Sepp Blatter and current UEFA president Michel Platini, 60, is in the current state suspended for 90 days for suspicion surrounding the financial irregularities. They both appealed the suspensions but was rejected by FIFA’s ethics committee.

The reason behind the shutdown is to Sepp Blatter in 2011 paid 17.2 million crowns to Michel Platini for the services that the Frenchman did for FIFA between 1998 and 2001. Both risk a several years long shutdown and yesterday came the

decision from FIFA’s ethics committee says that they should be punished. Sepp Blatter is nonetheless confirm that no error must have occurred.

– There is an agreement … even in the FIFA regulation that says that a contract can be made either in writing or orally. This was an oral contract, a work-related contracts.

He also believes that Michel Platini would be an excellent Fifa president.

– Yes. If he comes back, then he will be elected.