I don't tell Sepp Blatter what to spend his money­ on, nor do I tell FIFA how to spend its money so yet­ agin he is sticking his nose in to business that does­ not concern him. The only reason he is so worried is­ because he knows just as everyone else does that­ Premiership football has overtaken international­ football in popularity and he is desperate to restrict­ that.

This is doomed to failure though as unless he­ sorts out these qualifying groups (something he could­ acheive easier if he spent more time on it than he does­ criticising the Premiership) the interest will dwindle­ even more. I ask you? Do ryou really expect to see a­ quick paced and exciting game when England play on­ Saturday or do you expect to watch us play against a­ team with 11 men behind the ball, learning nothing,­ trying nothing and achieving nothing?

Nedu N, you took the words out of my mouth. :o)

Hello sizey101

Before commenting on an English website­ you should first learn to write in English. You are not­ just a @#$%, but indeed a thick @#$%.

Greetings

He's spot on. Why have some loser looking after­ your team that
doesn't get what it's all­ about.
If it's not a hobby to them then it's­ money laundering.
Bring it back to being just a game.

Once again Blatter is commenting on English Football­ and the foreign ownership.
Could this be because no one­ wants to buy the French Clubs ?
A lot of jealousy here­ I think.

We all know how evident Blatter's­ 'Anti-British' football jealousy is, and I have­ to say I loved the fact there were 3 English teams in­ the Semis with an all English Champions League Final,­ Blatter & Platini were truly gutted..!
But on a­ serious note, how come he never mentions anything about­ the racists chants from Eastern European teams and­ especially Spain, the fact that most of the former­ giant clubs such as Real Madrid, Milan and Barca have­ all their football debts spent on 'big name­ players' wiped off by their local government, who­ publicly make it known all summer who they intend to­ buy before talking to the team, and not to mention the­ illegal match fixing fiasco and the violence that­ resulted in the deaths of rival fans and a policeman­ that went on in Italy a couple of seasons ago, that­ just seemed to be never mentioned again. I remember as­ a kid how ruthless FIFA were at maintaining all English­ teams were banned from European tournaments for years­ in the 80's...! It's so blatant how it's­ one rule for mainland Europe and another for British­ football, with Blatter and Platini coming up with­ something every year to try and prevent what is now the­ sheer dominance of British Football...!

It seems that Blatter has nothing better to do than­ comment on the Premier League. Finance in football has­ always been out of control, look at Real Madrid or the­ amount of money that was in Italian football in the­ 90's.

Through astute marketing and football that­ is genuinely attack minded (although I'm the first­ to admit it isn't always pretty) The Premier League­ has established itself as a global brand and as such­ has attracted investors. Like it or not football is a­ business. The rules of owning a football club vary from­ country to country but there has always been investment­ in the game, I suspect Blatters main concern is the­ amount of investment in the EPL and the knock on effect­ to the other European Leagues, whereas the questions­ that these leagues should be asking is how can we make­ ourselves more attractive to investors. I mean it says­ a lot and no disrespect to Hull when a player like­ Geovanni would rather ply his trade with the tigers­ (who are exceeding expectations) than some outfit on­ the continent.

And perhaps because teams like Hull can­ do the unexpected and beat Arsenal away from home is­ one of the reasons that the premier league is so­ exciting. However I do think that if such investment­ was being made elsewhere Blatter would be very quiet.

Maybe if you lot had seen what happened to Hearts. You­ would understand.
What would happen if your owner­ suddenly placed all your best players on the transfer­ market?
Sold them all for a profit and replaced them­ with loan deals and boys from the youth­ department?
Next thing you know. You're playing­ championship football. Using another teams stadiums for­ home games and losing 3-0 to leeds!.

As owners they­ can do whatever they want. Who is going to stop­ them?
Realise the power these people have. and lets be­ honest, They don't give a @#$% about your team.­ They just want to make money.

looks to me like the green eyed monster has taken over­ mr blatter, poor little diddums has spat his dummy out.

Blatter = @#$%

Do you guys not see what is happening. A great and­ simple game being hijacked. Tihs never was an­ "English" league - needed Welsh, Irish and­ for skills Scottish , players since it became­ professional and offered a better way of life to many. ­ BUT the professional game does NOT control itself -­ weak FA controls and investoigations into­ "bumgs" (involving several Premiership­ managers allegedly).

Too much oney going out of game­ into thicko players pockets - the game run with no­ moral compass - (have ANY professionals ever refereed a­ match?).

One day its all gonna implode on itself. ­ Something has to be done but the FA certainly won't­ - cos they appear to be secondry to the premiership­ bosses.

There - going for ali down now.

Why does this stupid man not just shut up? , why is he­ obsessed with Nationalities of people in England? Is­ he simply trying to destroy football in England ­ beacuse our teams are always top?

Yes... lets move all the money back to Spain or Italy­ so their teams can start winning. Maybe move it to­ Wales and give Barry Town a chance at the title! Sorry­ Sepp, the Premiership plays the more exicting football­ , thus the money goes there...

For once...I agree with the man.

Blatter opening his stupid mouth again. He asks what­ happens when the foreign money men pack up and leave.­ What happens then? Well what happens when nobody with­ local links wants to buy a club? What happens then Mr­ Blatter? Idiot

Jealous old Blatter, get your toys back into the pram