Blatter/Scudamore meeting didn't go well then

[Rocksuperstar]

Seems, once again, Sepp Blatter has stated the bleedin' obvious, but it's entertaining nonetheless. :lol:

Following a meeting between FIFAs head honcho and the English Premier Leagues head bunny, Peter Scudamore, Blatter had a less than flattering assesment of the whole thing.

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Fifa president Sepp Blatter has once again hit out at the Premier League claiming those in charge are only focused on "making money". The attack comes after Blatter met with Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore as the two organisations looked to put past differences behind them.


If anything, the meeting appears to have widened the gulf between the two with Blatter insisting he and Scudamore still have significant differences.


Referring to the Premier League's approach to football's finances and quotas for foreign players, Blatter claimed Scudamore was only interested in cashing in.


"He is working to make a lot of money and I'm working to have football as a social, cultural event around the world, being a school of life, bringing hope, bringing emotions," Blatter told Bloomberg.

"That's the difference."


In the private meeting, Scudamore explained the league's opposition to Blatter's proposed 6+5 rule, which would see a maximum of five foreign players in starting line-ups in domestic games.


Blatter added: "He said that with the exception of (David) Beckham all England national team players play in the English league so therefore still his league is playing English football.


"As long as you have in different teams only one or two English players, I think this is not enough."


The Premier League refused to comment on Blatter's statements, but FA chairman Lord Triesman spoke to defend Scudamore's intentions.


"I'm not running that business in the same way that President Blatter isn't running that business," he said.


"The chief executive of that business has of course got to look after their interests."

Blatter does come across as some kind of innocent and, to some degree, his approach does sail much closer to the romantic idea that would be taking football back to the status of a professional game, rather than a money-oriented business.

 

[worcestersauce]

Good post RSS
Clever line from Lord Triesman calling the Premier league "that business" which about sums it up.

I think I've said before that in my list of people to throw turds at Richard Scudamore is right at the top so I'm even willing to side with a corrupt swiss bureaucrat in this instance.

 

[RichieS]

A Blatter v Scudamore fight is a bit like Arsenal v Chelsea. Is it possible for both sides to lose?

 

[hashmander]

blatter is a corrupt thief anyway. fifa is one more the more corrupt institutions around.