Suspended FIFA president, Sepp Blatter has been hospitalized.
‘He is now, at this moment, in hospital,’ his spokesperson, Klaus Stoehlker, told AFP.
According to reports, the 79 year-old had consulted a doctor after he was said not to be feeling too well and, although no underlying problem was discovered, he was then told to rest. He has since suffered what has been described as ‘a nervous shock’ and is likely to be supervised by doctors for several days.
‘My brain and my heart are always fine, my body is letting me down,’ he reportedly said.
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Blatter’s spokesman, Klaus Stoehlker, told AFP by phone: ‘He is now, at this moment in hospital. He is preparing to leave on Monday and will be back on the job on Tuesday.’
Blatter is at the center of a corruption crisis at Fifa after the Swiss authorities opened criminal proceedings against him in connection with a £1.3m ‘disloyal payment’ made to Michel Platini, and the sale of World Cup TV rights to the disgraced former Caribbean football chief Jack Warner.
