FORMER FIFA PRESIDENT BLATTER HOSPITALISED

FORMER FIFA PRESIDENT SEPP BLATTER HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL, BUT SOURCES SAY THE OFFICIAL’S LIFE WAS NOT IN DANGER.

BLATTER WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE IN 2015 AFTER 17 YEARS AT THE HEAD OF WORLD FOOTBALL’S GOVERNING BODY.

HE WAS SUSPENDED FROM FOOTBALL FOR SIX YEARS OVER A TWO MILLION SWISS FRANC PAYMENT TO THEN UEFA BOSS MICHEL PLATINI IN 2011. BLATTER AND PLATINI ARE NOW BEING INVESTIGATED FOR ALLEGED “FRAUD” AND “BREACH OF TRUST” IN SWITZERLAND, A SOURCE WITH ACCESS TO THE PROBE SAID IN NOVEMBER