SEPP BLATTER INSISTS he will not resign as Fifa president, despite coming under fire from three of the organisation’s biggest sponsors, Coca Cola, McDonald’s and Visa.
The corruption scandal engulfing world football’s governing body last week caught up with Blatter, as criminal proceedings were opened against him by Swiss authorities on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation.
Coca Cola and Visa – headline Fifa partners – as well as World Cup sponsor McDonald’s have previously expressed their concern over the numerous revelations of corruption and mismanagement.
But both companies have now called for tough action to be taken, demanding Blatter step down immediately from a role that he is set to relinquish regardless in February.
A McDonald’s statement claimed “it would be in the best interest of the game for Fifa President Sepp Blatter to step down immediately”, while McDonald’s said “every day that passes, the image and reputation of Fifa continues to tarnish”, and Visa added “we believe no meaningful reform can be made under Fifa’s existing leadership”.
However, a statement released via Blatter’s legal team after Coca Cola’s initial release read: “While Coca Cola is a valued sponsor of Fifa, Mr Blatter respectfully disagrees with its position and believes firmly that his leaving office now would not be in the best interest of Fifa nor would it advance the process of reform and therefore, he will not resign.”
a lot of people thought fergie had lost the plot when he sold hughes, ince and kanchelskis that summer
@kris hetherington yea I thought it was the end of the world that summer . especially with sparky going he was and always will be one of the heroes.fergie knew what he was doing all the same.even the class of 92 were shocked at the time but it gave them the extra bit of confidence that the greatest manager of all time 100% believed in them.oh sparky wha a player they don’t make m like that anymore
Sparky was my hero in them days was so delighted when fergie brought him back and then devastated when he left again. Always went for the spectacular and 9 out of 10 times it came off.
Feel sorry for Moyes obviously a sell to buy policy in place. I suppose he feels he needs a backup forward in case Defoe gets injured so has to sell Van Aanholt to get Ulloa and Gibson.
Van aaronholt to palace is a good signing very attack minded
But he’s a defender and he has one flaw, he can’t defend.
Brady to West Ham
She’s already there