Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants European football to look again at stricter limits on foreigners, saying each club should have six players in their starting lineups who are eligible for the national side.

Fifa will hold an election on Feb 26 to choose a replacement for Blatter, who said in June he was standing down from his role in the wake of the corruption scandals that have hit the global football body.

“Recently, Platini said Blatter is his enemy, but we know the relationship was like mentor and protege, or father and son”, the 63-year-old billionaire scion of South Korea’s Hyundai industrial conglomerate said. The election will take place in February next year. He has not been accused of any wrongdoing, but his stewardship since 1998 of an organisation where he was technical director in 1975 and general secretary from 1981 has been heavily criticised.

He also courted controversy over his refusal to hand back a watch worth more than US$25,000 (S$35,000) that was given to him by the Brazilian Football Confederation at last year’s World Cup.

On Saturday, Blatter alleged, in Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant, that Platini warned him he faced prison if he did not withdraw from the FIFA presidential race and claimed the warning was made to the Swiss official’s brother in May.

Blatter will be remembered as one of the most controversial characters in football history after his departure, and his promise to reveal all in the future will interest fans and administrators alike. Jordan’s Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein and South African Tokyo Sexwale are also considering taking part. Former Brazil great Zico, who scored 48 goals in 71 games for his country, and Liberian soccer federation president Musa Bility are also among those reportedly planning to run.