ZURICH (Reuters) - Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he had been close to death as he lay in hospital during a mounting scandal over his time at the head of world football's governing body.
In his first public comments since emerging from treatment, Blatter told Swiss broadcaster RTS: "I was really between the angels who sing and the devil who stokes the fire. It was the angels who sang" - but did not go into details on his condition.
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