Sepp Blatter should shut up
Thursday, 10 July 08, 02:57 AM · Comments (12)
I'm not a Man United fan, as you well know, but if I were I'd be most unhappy with the comments made by FIFA President Sepp Blatter. Talking about Cristiano Ronaldo he says:
In football there’s too much modern slavery. I’m always in favour of protecting the player. If he wants to leave, let him.
What about contracts then? What about protecting the clubs who pay large transfer fees and extortionate wages to players? Imagine if the club said 'We don't feel like paying you', what kind of outcry would there be then?
A player saying 'I don't want to play for you' is the same, except he still gets his wages every week, doesn't he?
Blatter, of all people, should be trying to create some stability in the game yet now more players will look at the head of FIFA saying this and think the way players act these days is acceptable. Not that anything Blatter says is susprising. Does he have friends at Real Madrid? Would that explain why he's so in favour of allowing Ronaldo to leave United?
And for him to say players are 'slaves' is absolutely reprehensible. How can somebody being paid what professional footballers are paid be a 'slave'? I'd happily be a slave for £40,000 a week or £20,000 a week for that matter. In a world where real slavery still exists it's an incredibly tasteless remark from an incredibly tasteless man.
The game is being ruined by money and sadly those in charge of football these days are driven by cash, not by what's good for the game. Blatter, once again, has shown himself up as a man with no great interest in the game, only in how much money can be siphoned from it.
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Blatter is a fool. He doesn't have anything but money at heart and if you think about it international football is more slavery than club football. Idiot.
hup hup John.."Bladder" should zip it. Every time he opens his trap something smelly falls out!
trying to ruin it? more than it already is? you failed to qualify for the EURO and you'll probably fail for the world cup as well. I guess it's pretty much ruined as it is. not much to be jealous of is there?
I just read what he said on the Man United website andf i was like, wtf is he trying to instigate here? I'm a United fan and i must say this is sickening, i know non United fans are gonna support him with this but all i gotta say is this could've been for favorite player on your favorite team
120000 per week for male slave? i wish they better hire me!
i promise i won't say something that destroy the club or myselfish always be!
ps. Sepp Bastard is a truly S.O.B, i wonder who vote him to be the leader...wat a shame...
how much dis fat mouth earn from all da silly speeches...truly wonder...
if god truly exist, i wish there no nazi wanna b like dis bastard and his crew in da world... amennnn
i wonder where dis guy come from...
shame for the nation he were born...
sum how i wish ronaldo leaves to gave ramos another bang his WaG wanna b soon... i can see ramos smiling face waiting for him...
who gonna LOL! RauL or Ronaldy?
we all knew wat Raul n his lovely pet, Ruud gonna do to dis cuty boy ronaldy
plz, make the new era by givin' the others to take his job!
this guy won't stop make a silly mouth until the war rising and ppl givin dyin'
may be he want to make a slave for himself n his own country
i wish not all the switz ppl be like him
Angry Sepp Blatter raps Andy Webster ruling as ‘very damaging’ for game: LINK
Sepp Blatter urges Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Manchester United for Real Madrid: LINK
Some select Blatter's quotes about the webster rule on Feb 10 and Ronaldo on Jul 10 :
Feb 10: "The decision which CAS took is very damaging for football and is a pyrrhic victory for those players and their agents, who toy with the idea of rescinding contracts before they have been fulfilled"
Jul 10: “The important thing is we should also protect the player. And if the player wants to play somewhere else, then a solution should be found. If he stays in a club where he does not feel comfortable to play, then it's not good for the player and for the club. I'm always in favour to protect the player and if the player wants to leave, let him leave.”
Feb 10: “Because of this unfortunate decision, the principle of contractual stability, as agreed in 2001 with the European Commission as part of the new transfer regulations and which restored order to the transfer system, has been deemed less important than the short-term interests of the player.”
Jul 10: “In football, there's too much modern slavery, in transferring players or buying players here and there and putting them somewhere. We are trying now to intervene in such cases. The reaction to the Bosman law was to make long-lasting contracts in order to keep the players. Then, if he wants to leave, there is only one solution: he has to pay his contract.”
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Homer says..."mmmmm more bloggy blog"
He is trying to ruin the english game...he is almost jealous because we have the best league in the world and he is tryin to kill it...