The FA's support of Platini is an absolute farce. FIFA's £1.35m payment to Platini was apparently 'missed out' of the 2002 accounts, I assume both men claim it was an admin error? We need to end any association with Platini asap as it's now making the FA look corrupt...
Hardly surprising. No concern about the reputation or longevity of FIFA at all - he'll bring down the whole organisation if he falls. Still, in comparison to our Murphy appeal, he has a great chance of winning. It would be brilliant if they extend the ban to after the election of a new President.
Both World Cup bids are under investigation by the Swiss authorities but when wrong doing is discovered & proved, I believe FIFA will still want the two tournaments to go ahead. However, my hope is that FIFA just crumbles and disbands along with these two corrupt tournaments. The replacement...
This seems the most likely outcome. I remember the hundreds of FIFA staff giving Sepp his seemingly hour long round of applause when he announced his temporary resignation - FIFA can't just get rid of Sepp because Sepp is FIFA, Sepp is football and Sepp is still in charge.