Sepp Blatter has claimed that he saw a European draw rigged (Picture: Getty)

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has claimed that he saw a draw for a European competition rigged.

The Swiss revealed that a club managed to influence the draw by heating and cooling the balls used in the system.

‘Yes. I saw it with my own eyes and it was like cheating,’ he told La Nacion.

‘It was for a European competition. Only one team has managed that. It was an Italian side.

‘You can see the balls that are drawn identified either by making them hot, or if they have been cooled. I was a witness.’

Blatter went on to deny any involvement in rigging: ‘I’ve never drawn lots. Other presidents did. They have taken the balls themselves from the pot.

‘I was clean to the last.’

The 80-year-old is currently suspended from all footballing activities while he fights allegations of corruption during his time at Fifa.

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