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^or perhaps just pandering to US litigators demands and saying what they want him to say..!!???
he knows full well that by now him and FIFA is just a thing of the past for him and he will never again be associated with FIFA in any capacity & that US justice department and their continuing investigation deeper into his past misconduct is indeed his biggest impediment to ever be able to put this whole saga behind him and move on with his life in (what should still be a relatively very comfortable) retirement, away from football..!!
Blatter seems to be anymore the thing of the past and Platini now seems to be the next big target of US litigators..!!
whether all this culminate in Qatar loosing the right to host WC remains the bigger question still..!!
I think this the case:
"Sepp Blatter has either officially lost the plot, or he’s just gone on a rant and has decided to spill the beans"
“It is easier to fool the people, than to convince them they have been fooled." - Mark Twain
"As for what Qatar spent to secure the 2022, rights, the BBC reports an astounding figure:
Lord Triesman, a former Football Association chairman, was given the figure by sources close to British intelligence.
“I was told by two sources that have always been very reliable with good information, good intelligence, that the sum that Qatar had spent on their bid was £117 million ($176 million).”
This is six times what England spent on its bid for the 2018 World Cup, and almost 12 times the American expenditure on their 2022 bid."
“It is easier to fool the people, than to convince them they have been fooled." - Mark Twain
The entire FIFA top management needs to be banned from football to restore confidence in the game.
You know what needs to change too? High transfer budgets, wages. Tickets are going too expensive, players are becoming too arrogant. Money is ruining football.
Hope the future holds something better for the beautiful game.
should have been a lifetime ban for both of these corrupt officials, remember them never wanting goal line technology and video replays? That would have meant they wouldn't have been able to arm, let's say influence matches shall we. It's also a shame they didn't get a lengthy incarceration.
Well, Blatter is 79 guys, so this is pretty much a lifetime ban for him.
And don't forget, the investigations are ongoing and Blatter and Platini will most certainly be appealing these decisions - so this not over by any means.
It was obviously important to get them out as soon as possible for football to have any credibility left, so IMHO it was a good balanced decision and something that sticks for now. The more sever punishment they tried for, the less the chances of success in the Arbitration Court of Sport.
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