FIFA PRESIDENT Sepp Blatter fears he was dying

Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter
revealed on Sunday that he feared he was dying
during a recent health scare.
The 79-year-old, who has been banned for 90 days as
the on-going probe into widespread corruption at
football's world governing body, was hospitalised
earlier this month suffering from stress.
"I was close to dying. I was between the angels who
were singing and the devil who was lighting the fire,
but it was the angels who sang," Blatter told Swiss
broadcaster RTS in an interview to be aired on
Wednesday.
"The pressure was enormous. At some stage the
body just says 'no', 'enough is enough'. But if you are
strong psychologically you can resist."
In September, Swiss prosecutors opened a criminal
case against Blatter over mismanagement and a
suspicious $2 million payment made in 2011 to
European football chief Michel Platini, who is also
serving a 90-day ban.
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But in excerpts from Wednesday's interview which
were released to the media on Sunday, Blatter hailed
Platini as 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."
The payment made to Platini in 2011 was reportedly
for work the Frenchman carried out a decade earlier.
Despite his 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 chief, Blatter said:
"Yes".
"If he comes back, he will be elected."