Sepp Blatter to publish book on Fifa years

Sepp Blatter, the dethroned Fifa president, is preparing to publish a personal account of his near 18 years at the head of football’s world governing body.

Swiss firm Werd and Weber Verlag is to release the book titled ‘Sepp Blatter: Mission Football’, written by his official spokesman, Thomas Renggli.

The publicity blurb says Blatter “repeatedly had to put up with harsh reviews and prejudices” and details how the 79-year-old “learned to deal with the hostility” during his lengthy tenure as Fifa president, which came to a swift end last June.