To FIFA such transactions fall well short of minimum standards of decency. We can no longer merely accept them. Nor shall we. |
Today, it's a dream, which has to become a project before it can become reality. |
Unlimited cash has given a handful of club owners the wherewithal to control the global game by splashing unimaginable sums on a tiny group of elite players. More than ever before, the majority is fighting with spears, while the greedy few have the financial equivalent of nuclear warheads. |
Victory goes to football, |
Victory goes to football, ... Football is a game of the people and the people cannot lie. Therefore today is also a victory for the truth. |
We are close to a solution which will bring soccer tranquillity. |
We can all applaud Africa. The victor is football. The victor is Africa. |
We could not have 12,000 people on the pitch for the gala and then use the same turf for the match on June 12. The problem was that not a single provider would give us guarantees for the proper turf replacement. Nobody would give us these guarantees. |
We go now to the Congress in 45-50 days and then it will be by decision of the Congress ... To give FIFA the authority to intervene in case of non-application. |
We have borrowed money from 2006 to keep us alive to the end of 2002. |
We have invited Maradona to take part in the draw for Germany. |
We have now changed and adopted our rules for WADA and I think we are code compliant. If there is any more uncertainty, WADA can apply to CAS for an advisory opinion. |
We in FIFA, we are not responsible for the morality and the ethics of the whole population of the world. We should go against gambling. We should go against drugs. We should go against religion. We should go against weapons, and so on. This is not our duty, our duty is football. |
We need to start to deduct points from the team. It could also mean suspension. It could also mean exclusion. |
We now have this item in our files. |