• Blatter attacks Uefa,EU and media conspiracy for bringing him down
• Insists controversial £1.3m payment made to Platini was above boardSepp Blatter has launched a remarkable attack on the “envy and jealousy” of Michel Platini – blaming what he called an organised conspiracy of the Uefa president, the European Union and the media for bringing him down.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Russian news agency Tass, and Blatter spoke in detail about the £1.3m contract at the centre of Fifa’s decision to suspend him and Platini,and set out his position on the turmoil at Fifa – suggesting he is the victim of an artificial crisis which has “nothing to achieve with criminal activity”.
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Source: theguardian.com