I was close to death, I saw the devil and angels – Blatter

Sepp Blatter has revealed that he was “between the angels who were singing and the devil who was lighting the fire” during his recent health scare.

The FIFA president was hospitalzied for stress and admits it was more serious than reported.

“Yes, I was very close, but luckily I never became unconscious in the 48 hours where I was really between the angels who were singing and the devil who was lighting the fire,” he told Swiss TV channel, RTS.

“It was the angels who sang.”

Blatter also backed Platini to win the FIFA presidency ahead of the five other candidates.

“Platini is an honest man,” he said.

“If he comes back, he will be elected.”