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Originally Posted by Logseman
I can understand Platini's animosity, due to the funny neighborhood between the countries, but... how do Blatter's grudges manifest? Which are they?
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Well, just a couple of quotes from Blatter may help show his hypocrisy:
After Chelsea (an English club) started spending a lot of money in 2005;
"This cannot be the future of our game. FIFA cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we. The time has come to take action to curb the excesses and ensure that the sport protects its roots.
It is simply insane for any player to 'earn' £6million-£8million a year when the annual budget of even a club competing in the UEFA Champions League may be less than half that. What logic, right or economic necessity would qualify a man in his mid-20s to demand to earn in a month a sum that his own father - and the majority of fans - could not hope to earn in a decade?
Unlimited cash has given a handful of club owners the wherewithal to control the global club game by splashing unimaginable sums on a tiny group of elite players. More than ever before, the majority are fighting with spears, while the greedy few have the financial equivalent of nuclear warheads.”
After Real Madrid (
not English) paid £80m for Ronaldo in 2009;
"We are in a sensitive market at the moment and there is an economic crisis. But football is a good product and we are giving people what they want.
It is the game of the people and full of emotions. Football needs to have stars like Ronaldo.
Almost ten years ago, Luis Figo went from Barcelona to Real Madrid for £37m, at the same time a Picasso painting was sold for £100m at Sotherbys in London.
But they hide that away and no one can see it. A football player is everywhere for everyone to see. They are stars.
You can't say it's too much money because you have to make it relevant to everything else, what is £80m now? Let us be generous about it."
I have no idea why the man is so hypocritical towards English football, but it is a fact that he is.