Friday, 29 May 2015
Blatter will havea big shock:Greg dykes
Sepp Blatter will have suffered "a shock" despite
winning a fifth term as Fifa president on Friday,
says Football Association chairman Greg Dyke.
Swiss Blatter was re-elected two days after seven
Fifa officials were arrested by the US Justice
Department.
He had won almost two thirds of votes before rival
Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan withdrew from
the race.
Dyke said: "This is not over. A third of delegates
say they've had enough of your failure to deal with
corruption."
Blatter has been at the helm of Fifa since 1998,
and Dyke said it had been a long time since
Blatter's leadership had been seriously threatened.
"This has not happened to him for 16 years. He is
not the man to oversee change. It needs a change
of leadership and root and branch change," Dyke
added.
"Sepp Blatter is not the man who is going to be
able to change [Fifa], which is the point we've tried
to make all week.
"It's not going to happen now because Sepp
Blatter has got re-elected, therefore we have to
look at what else we do.
"I think Uefa has to work on its options."
Platini proud of Uefa
Michel Platini, the president of European football's
governing body Uefa, had previously criticised
Blatter and stated he was disappointed that Prince
Ali lost.
"I am proud that Uefa has defended and supported
a movement for change at Fifa," the Frenchman
said.
"Change in my opinion is crucial if this
organisation is to regain its credibility.
"I congratulate my friend Prince Ali for his
admirable campaign and I take the opportunity to
thank all the national associations who supported
him."
'Another dark day' - Figo
Luis Figo, who withdrew his candidacy for the Fifa
presidency last week to avoid splitting the vote,
was scathing in his criticism of Blatter.
"This vote has only served to endorse the election
of a man who can't remain in charge of world
football," said the Portuguese and former Real
Madrid and Barcelona player.
"Mr Blatter being re-elected - that shows exactly
how the organisation is sick.
"Today was another dark day in Zurich. Fifa has
lost, but above everything, football has lost and
everyone who truly cares about it has lost too.
"Mr Blatter had a very cynical reaction when he
said that he couldn't control everyone. It offends
everyone's intelligence.
"If he was minimally concerned about football, he
would have given up on re-election. If he has a
modicum of decency, he will resign in the next few
days."
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