UEFA president Michel Platini was taken to hospital tonight after fainting in a Johannesburg restaurant.
Platini, 55, was taken to hospital for tests as a precaution but his adviser William Gaillard said he had been told “not to worry”.
There had initially been reports that Platini had suffered a heart attack but Gaillard insisted that was not the case.
“He’s fine,” Gaillard said. “He’s conscious and a heart attack has been ruled out.
“He has had a bit of a fever recently because he’s got a cold and hadn’t eaten anything all day.”
Platini had reportedly been dining with former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier and former Scotland boss Andy Roxburgh.
May be it was the Scouse factor...we'll never know
