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Blatter tips Villar as possible successor

March 21, 2013
By Dermot Corrigan, Spain Correspondent
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has suggested Spain's Angel Maria Villar as a possible rival to Michel Platini for the role of his successor.

UEFA president Platini has been seen as Blatter's most likely replacement, with many in Spain suggesting that Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF) president Villar was in line to then succeed the Frenchman as Europe's top football administrator.

Blatter, however, used an interview in Thursday's AS to continue his increasingly bitter public ...

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