Joseph Blatter, president of the FIFA between 1998 and 2015, is hospitalizado in grave state of health although his life does not run danger, as it informed his daughter Corinne Blatter to the local newspaper Blick.
Blatter, of 84 years and suspended of his charge like president of the maximum body of football by cases of corruption in the breast of the organism, "is improving day in day out, but needs time and rest", stood out his daughter to the Swiss newspaper, asking respect to the privacy of the family.
Blatter Was president of the FIFA by 17 years until it renounced in June of 2015, afterwards to be trapped in a big investigation of corruption directed by high pertaining civil servants to the organism. In December of 2015 was suspended by eight years, sanction that to the dessert was reduced to six by a payment of 1,2 million euros made to Michel Platini, by then president of the UEFA.
His state of health goes back to complicate after having surpassed does a month the Covid-19, news that revealed the own ex Swiss leader and that he same indicated to the American newspaper, The Atlantic.
Blatter Continues battling by his health
As it informed the newspaper Blick, the ex president already has presented problems of health in previous years. In 2015 it was treated in a unit of intensive cares because of a collapse of his immune system, although it ignores if what presents at present was related with that or back incidents.
Only a year later, in 2016, was treated of a cutaneous tumor, and subjected to an operation of knee. However, in spite of the gravity of his current state as it indicated his daughter, Blatter has presented a progressive improvement.