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I'd be interested in seeing something to back that statement up, but I'd be surprised. Despite what you might think, for international qualifiers, it simply didn't happen. He ranted about the games, but if the player wanted to play, he let them.
Why on earth would a Scotsman be the god father over English managers?
That dude had a lot of power.
You're missing the point though, if a manager can convince a national coach that it's in the best interest of everyone that a player stays behind then the player isn't picked and FIFA has nothing to do with it.