SEPP BLATTER has used Twitter to deny that he will quit as Fifa president before the end of his mandate and said he had not made a deal for Michel Platini to replace him.

"The suggestion that I intend to stop my four-year mandate before its end is simply ridiculous," Blatter said on Twitter yesterday.

"The suggestion of a reported 'deal' between me and Michel Platini for the Fifa presidency is pure nonsense," added the 75-year-old.

Blatter was re-elected for a fourth term in June, keeping him in office until 2015.

He has said he will not stand again after that.

Former France captain Platini who is currently the UEFA president, is widely seen as a possible successor to the Swiss.

Platini's mandate is also scheduled to end in 2015.

Reuters