Leekbrookgull
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Platini and his £16,000 watch.
- Thread starter Leekbrookgull
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HantsSeagull
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he has flogged it on ebay or pawned it
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Sooner the whole lot gets kicked out the better
Corruption and greed from Platini ........... ** feigns surprise **
albion534
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Guys such a tool
Along with the rest of them
Along with the rest of them
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
The recipients clearly need to be lavished with gifts to accompany their salaries. Never mind the real issues that football faces.
Just as well Greg Dyke and the Northern Ireland delegate didn't accept one either.......
BensGrandad
New member
It is not a new idea. I knew a chap who was lino at Real Madrid European Cup Tie in the early 60s on arrival at his hotel he found a watch on his bedside cabinet and about 9.00pm a girl knocked on his hotel room door saying she had been sent by RM to make sure he had an enjoyable time in Madrid.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
So she showed him round the sites, what is wrong with that ?
Indeed, corruption isn't a new idea.
- Apr 5, 2014
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I'm inclined to believe their stories. If someone gave me an expensive watch I would just as likely think it came from Ratners.
I believe you can
Cool. That man is a ****.
Didn't they accept them, but are now returning them, and the criticism of platini in this thread is that he won't return his rather than that he accepted it in the first place.
Personally, I'm not all that bothered about it. I'm barely concerned that countries vying to host the world cup offer "sweeteners", but this was a gift after the fact. Yeah, the money in football is ridiculous, but it's no worse to me than the gift packs that are handed out at oscars (expensive items for people who can well afford them) or the wages paid to the likes of Wayne Rooney (ridiculous money in football).
Barrel of Fun
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If I were a president of a football authority, I would suggest that I have a decent timepiece and I would rather the £16k was spent on community projects in the shanti towns/slums of Brasil or wherever.
brighton bluenose
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Didn't our own FA delegate - can't remember his name - say that he just happened to discover his extremely expensive timepiece in the bottom of a goody bag he'd just chucked in the garage on his return from some junket some months after receiving said goody-bag??!!!
Errrrr.............yeah good one mate!!!
