Bollocks to Blatter and the Evil Kingdom….

[Dion]

Platini is even worse, I remember him crying and begging Blatter to leave to save Fifa but what he really meant was that he should take the throne to earn the big money instead of old chap Josef. Such freaking hypocrites…

[501IH]

What better "qualification" to succeed the Seppl than to be suspended together with him? I would not be surprised at all if Monsieur Platini becomes FIFA head after all. Platini received close to two million € for "services rendered nine years ago", nice! Naturally, when you are truly big rollers, such small change can easily get overlooked.

The only citation that comes to my mind is the famous Max Liebermann dictum: "I can't devour as much as I want to barf up" (sorry for any flaw with my extemporaneous translation from German).

[Giles]

I'd say unbelievable, but unfortunately, it's almost inevitable….

Sepp Blatter: Fifa boss should remain in post - Bernie Ecclestone

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/34552570

[Giles]

Well fuck me.  I am surprised…..

Fifa president Sepp Blatter's payment to Uefa chief Michel Platini was a "conflict of interest", says Domenico Scala, chairman of the world governing body's audit and compliance committee.
Swiss Blatter, 79, and Frenchman Platini, 60, are both suspended while Fifa studies reports that a £1.35m payment was made in 2011 for work Platini did as Blatter's adviser.

[Maynard Friedman]

Nice work if you can get it! Platini is such a slimy toad.

[gbougard]

The whole fucking FIFA should be disbanded and liquidated. Let some new organization emerge and run the world cup. Probably under the aegis of Coca Cola and other major sponsors.

[Graeme]

@gbougard:

The whole fucking FIFA should be disbanded and liquidated. Let some new organization emerge and run the world cup. Probably under the aegis of Coca Cola and other major sponsors.

[Giles]

Feck me, I'm distraught…...

"Suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter has undergone stress-related health checks in hospital, according to his lawyer Richard Cullen."

[Giles]

Sepp Blatter: Fifa president in hospital after 'small breakdown'

Suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter is in hospital after what has been called a "small emotional breakdown".

[Megatron1505]

Blatter has small emotions? Are greed and dishonesty emotions?

[Graeme]

They're only small compared to the size of his megalomania. :o 

[bertoni]

Unfit to stand trial anyone? He'll develop Alzheimers in the next couple of weeks i'm sure….

[Giles]

Fifa arrests: High-ranking officials detained at Zurich hotel

Two "high-ranking" Fifa officials have been arrested in dawn raids at a Swiss hotel on suspicion of accepting millions of dollars of bribes.
Police swooped on the luxury Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, where several Fifa officials were arrested in May.

[Dion]

Blatter and Platini received an 8-years-suspension each…

[Finkster]

[Finkster]

O.k. … wait & see  :-\

[Giles]

Yes, I have my doubts…....

"Blatter ran Fifa like an emperor, a Swiss sun king immune to regime change or challenge for far too long. Infantino has so far refused to criticise the outgoing man - "I respect very much all the work he did in terms of football development around the world," he said earlier this month - and also refused to reveal his salary as Uefa's general secretary. Now he has the throne, such guarded diplomacy and politicking must be superseded by governance through untouchable example."

[Giles]

Well, knock me over with a bloody feather…..

Panama Papers: Uefa offices searched by Swiss police

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35981302

[Finkster]

[Finkster]

http://in.reuters.com/article/soccer-fifa-platini-resignation-idINKCN0Y00WY