As we look back on last weeks happenings, there is no doubt Glen Johnson’s late winner for Liverpool against Chelsea or Newcastle’s abrupt end to their surprising unbeaten start to the season, at the hands of the seemingly unstoppable Manchester City, will all be talked about as key events of the week, but still the topic of racism and Blatter’s bewilderment towards a solution to racism in world football will be the major talking point as another week passes by.
Early last week Blatter saw it appropriate to come out and state that racism was not a pressing concern on the field and if an incident did occur it could all be solved by just one hand shake, yes just one hand shake to solve a problem which has haunted so many countries histories for so many years. Which comment is more absurd, who knows but one thing is for sure that Blatter’s views on racism in football are as mistaken as an American watching Monty Python.
Surely after such a comment his place at the head of Fifa must be questioned? Not only is this an outrage in terms of the bad publicity it brings football, but more importantly how can football move forward when a leader of Blatter’s importance downgrades not only a problem that is mammoth in terms of football but in all aspects of life.
This is not the first time Blatter has slipped up and in turn his ability to govern such an important organisation that is Fifa, has been put into question, there is little surprise that major European clubs are warning FIFA that if changes don’t occur soon an exodus could occur, such ludicrous moments as this by Blatter will not help Fifa’s case against such ideas.
If things are to change Fifa needs to take a long look at itself and have a massive shake up, maybe axing the main man at the top wouldn’t be such a bad starting point.
