SEPP BLATTER claimed yesterday he saw the “fire of the devil” during his near-death experience earlier this month.

The suspended Fifa president spent a few days in hospital after suffering an “emotional breakdown” and was released from intensive care on November 12.

Blatter, who alongside Michel Platini was suspended from Fifa on October 8 by the ethics committee because of a £1.35 million payment to the Uefa president in 2011, told Swiss TV channel RTS that he was “close to death.”