Even when they do I can see an Animal Farm situation. The pigs got rid of the evil farmer & turned out to be worse than he was. As they say, power breeds corruption.
I'm sure Blatter said that the Chinese invented football centuries before we did - whereas what the Chinese did was chop a blokes head off and kick it to each other. No goals or anything like that! And now he wants to play football on Mars! The bloke is a pork pie short of a picnic FFS - and he's running (ruining) the game of football. How come it comes to a game created by the english and it's being run by a Swiss homophobic freak?
Thursday June 12 2014 Platini won’t back Blatter By Football Italia staff UEFA President Michel Platini has confirmed he will not back FIFA counterpart Sepp Blatter’s campaign to remain in power. The Swiss head of world football’s governing body yesterday confirmed his intention to seek a fifth term in office, having first assumed his position in 1998. However, he has faced calls to resign from numerous high ranking officials within the game over the last week and, speaking to L’Equipe today, Platini confirmed he no longer supports Blatter either. “I am supporting him no longer, it’s finished,” he told the French sports newspaper. “I have known him for a long time, I like him, but I’m not favourable to him having another term. “I supported him in 1998, but I do not support in 2014. And in the future, I shall not support Blatter. “I told him that. I think Fifa needs a breath of fresh air.” Platini also did not rule out the possibility of standing against Blatter himself, when the FIFA elections come around. “It is an option, but it is not because of Blatter that Michel Platini would stand. “And it is not because of Sepp Blatter that Michel Platini would not appear. My only concern is what I want to do. I am almost 60 years and I need to know what I want.” Think you know your Italian football? Share your knowledge, tips and comments to win cash prizes in OLBG's World Cup tipster competition - £10,000 to be won! Print Send to a friend Both are twats
I don't get how diplomatic things need to be nowadays, it's gone too far for me. I'd love to be given the chance to get him to spit the truth, I reckon I'd have him coughing the lot up in less than 30 seconds, then a quick twist of the neck and it's sleepy time, night night Seppy.
A bit. You need a short name that's meaningful but strikes fear in people? Lets think................hmmm.......................err how about... Terry..
Of all people, Franz Beckenbauer banned from football-related activity for 90 days for non-cooperation with corruption enquiry, Things warming up now.
World Cup Qatar 2022: Platini calls for re-vote if claims true Uefa president Michel Platini has called for a re-vote on the staging of the 2022 World Cup if allegations of corruption against Qatar are proven. The Qatar bid is under investigation after a Sunday Times report alleged football officials accepted bribes. European governing body chief Platini voted for Qatar but told L'Equipe: "If corruption is proven, it will take a new vote and sanctions." Qatar's 2022 bid committee has denied "all allegations of wrongdoing". Asked about his decision to vote for Qatar when they were awarded the 2022 World Cup in 2010, Platini added: "I do not regret anything. I think it was the right choice for Fifa and world football." The former France international captain, who has been Uefa president since 2007, will decide after this summer's World Cup in Brazil whether to contest the Fifa presidency in the election next May. Current president Sepp Blatter, 78, head of world football's governing body since 1998, has indicated he will seek a fifth term in charge.
Qatari officials will be questioned by Fifa investigator Michael Garcia on Wednesday in the wake of damaging claims about the legality of the bidding process for the 2022 World Cup. The Sunday Times alleges Mohamed bin Hammam, a former vice-president of football's world governing body, paid US$5m (£3m) in total to football officials in return for support of Qatar's winning bid. Bin Hammam was initially banned from football for life in July 2011 after being found guilty of attempted bribery. The allegations centred around bids to buy votes in the Fifa presidential election of that year. However, his ban was annulled a year later by the Court of Arbitration for Sport which said there was insufficient evidence to support the punishment. Bin Hammam then quit the sport saying he had seen the "very ugly face of football". Fifa issued him with a second life ban in December 2012 for "conflicts of interest" while he was president of the Asian Football Confederation. In March 2014, the Daily Telegraph reported a company owned by Bin Hammam had paid former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner and his family more than £1m. Payments were claimed to have been made shortly after Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup. The Qatari bid committee "vehemently" denies the claims and insist Bin Hammam never actively lobbied on its behalf. Garcia, an American lawyer, announced earlier this week that his investigation into the bidding process for both the 2018 and 2022 World Cup would conclude on 9 June. He said he would file his final report to Fifa's independent adjudicatory committee six weeks later. Russia won the right to stage the 2018 World Cup, while Qatar saw off Australia, Japan, South Korea and the United States to win the vote for the 2022 tournament. The Sunday Times claims Bin Hammam, who is from Qatar, controlled a $5m slush fund that he used to buy the support of key officials for his country's World Cup bid. Fifa sources insist Garcia was already aware of the allegations following a previous investigation into Bin Hammam's tenure as head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Qatar's bid committee said it was co-operating with Garcia's inquiry, adding: "We will take whatever steps are necessary to defend the integrity of Qatar's bid and our lawyers are looking into this matter. "The right to host the tournament was won because it was the best bid and because it is time for the Middle East to host its first Fifa World Cup." As Garcia prepares to meet members of Qatar's bid committee, The Sunday Times has published a report by accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) that centres on Bin Hammam's conduct during his failed bid for the Fifa presidency in 2011. While the contents of the report were reported widely back in July 2012, it nevertheless provides a fascinating insight into the way Bin Hammam used "personal presidential accounts" to transfer large cash payments to fellow football officials and to buy senior football leaders gifts. These include: $250,000 to former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner in March 2008 $303,000 to AFC delegates between June and October 2008 Another $380,561 to African football officials to cover the cost of a visit to Kuala Lumpur, where the AFC was based 14 shirts worth $1,983 for the Fifa president Sepp Blatter from a shop called the Lord's Tailor Suits worth $4,950 for the African Football president Issa Hayatou from the same shop Flights and accommodation worth $4,268 for Sri Lanka's former Fifa executive committee member Manilal Fernando In total, PwC found that $2m was paid out of AFC accounts for the benefit of third parties. "It is also a matter of concern that payments have been made, apparently in Mr Hammam's personal capacity, to a number of AFC member associations and associated individuals," the report concluded. "We do not know the reasons for these payments." Michael Garcia New York lawyer Michael Garcia is in Oman to talk to members of Qatar's 2022 bid committee Bin Hammam denied allegations of wrongdoing at the time and appealed successfully against Fifa's original decision to ban him from football for life in 2011 after he was found to have breached their ethics code for apparently bribing Caribbean football officials during his presidential bid. But Fifa used the evidence from the PwC report to reinstate his lifetime ban in 2012. Garcia is known to have considered the PwC report as part of his long-running inquiry into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids. But because Bin Hammam has already been banned from football, it is understood Garcia has not spent too much time looking into his activities or links to the Qatar campaign. BBC Sport has learned that Garcia has written to the Sunday Times requesting any material which may help his inquiries. However, the newspaper is concerned that he may be winding up his investigation prematurely, rather than extending it to review the millions of secret documents it says it has obtained.
13 June 2014 Franz Beckenbauer banned by Fifa for 90 days Fifa has provisionally banned World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer from all footballing activities for 90 days for failing to co-operate with the Qatar 2022 corruption inquiry. Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup with West Germany as a player and as a coach, had been asked to help with a Fifa ethics investigation. The 68-year-old was part of the Fifa executive committee which voted to give the tournament to Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.
Sepp Blatter: Why the Fifa president is going nowhere For much of this week, a fleet of police outriders have been parked outside Sao Paulo's Grand Hyatt hotel, ready to escort Fifa's 78-year-old president Sepp Blatter to his next meeting. Everywhere he goes, the leader of football's world governing body is accompanied by a group of men in dark suits and even darker glasses. As he sweeps through the lobby, past waiting television crews and reporters, it is hard to believe the Swiss is a sports administrator. It is the sort of scene you would expect to greet US president Barack Obama. But then it is a sign of just how powerful football - and the World Cup in particular - has become. Blatter was elected by the world's football associations in 1998. Before that, he was Fifa's general secretary. Play media Jump media playerMedia player helpOut of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Blatter dances at Fifa congress opening ceremony During his time in charge, he has overseen the game's extraordinary financial growth and expansion. For this, he must surely take some of the credit. As one Fifa executive said to me this week: "What company chief executive or chairman would not claim he or she was a key player in the development of a hugely successful and profitable product?" Yet Blatter has also become the very public face of Fifa's slide into scandal and disrepute. For the last decade, the governing body has faced claims of mismanagement and wave after wave of corruption allegations. To many, Fifa's leaders seem completely oblivious to all the fuss. But beyond the five-star bubble, people are getting restless. Here in Brazil, arguably the most passionate football nation on earth, the World Cup has created division. Hosting it is costing Brazil almost £8bn. At a time of economic uncertainty, the World Cup and Fifa have become the focus for a coalition of social movements. In the last week, Sao Paulo has been crippled by striking metro workers and Thurday's opening game between the hosts and Croatia is likely to be targeted by protesters. Brazilians - especially the young men and women I have spoken to this week - seem uncertain how to feel about it all. The atmosphere is subdued and the build-up surprisingly low key. What happens in Brazil now is essentially out of Fifa's hands. Its far bigger problem lies eight years down the road.
I reckon this is most likely Franz saying he has no confidence in FIFA's self-employed 'independent' guy, and refusing to speak to him. I'd be genuinely gobsmacked if Germany had any wrongdoing related to their voting.
