FIFA president Sepp Blatter has launched another attack on the
Premier League by criticising chief executive Richard Scudamore and
his obsession with finding more revenue streams for the richest
league in the world.
Blatter has long been against the domination the
English league now enjoys and the infamous 39th game fiasco was not
well received at world football's headquarters.
Any hopes of the bad feeling being banished appear to be slim
with a private meeting between Blatter and Scudamore only
reinforcing the belief that the Premier League is only interested
in financial gain and not the good of the game.
Scudamore also told Blatter of the Premier League's strong
opposition to the proposed 6+5 rule, which is designed to create a
more level playing field both in domestic and international club
football.
Blatter told Bloomberg: "He is working to make a lot of
money and I'm working to have football as a social, cultural event
around the world, being a school of life, bringing hope, bringing
emotions.
"That's the difference.
"He said that with the exception of (David) Beckham all England
national team players play in the English league so therefore still
his league is playing English football.
"As long as you have in different teams only one or two English
players, I think this is not enough.''
The Premier League refused to comment on Blatter's remarks, but
Football Association chairman Lord Triesman said Scudamore was was
only doing his job.
Triesman said: "I'm not running that business in the same way
that President Blatter isn't running that business.
"The chief executive of that business has of course got to look
after their interests.''
<!-- begin conv -->