Sepp Blatter denies Cristiano Ronaldo ‘slave’ comments
Swiss man who should really stop talking speaks out again
FIFA head honcho and Real Madrid fan Sepp Blatter was lambasted for expressing sympathy for Ronaldo and equating modern footballers to slaves. Now, he has completely denied these comments. Well, technically he hasn’t denied them, he just kind of put a new twist on them:
“I have never said that Ronaldo is a slave.
“But I said slavery with young people. European clubs are trying to get 13, 14 and 15-year-old boys and bring them to the big clubs.
“I have never mentioned that for Ronaldo. But the press, they have distorted it.
“Ronaldo is not a slave.”
Also, Blatter last month said: ”I think in football there’s too much modern slavery in transferring players or buying players here and there, and putting them somewhere. We are trying now to intervene in such cases.” Now, he has changed his mind and insists that FIFA “will not intervene” with the Cristiano Ronaldo saga.
It’s clear that someone should be devoting less time to press conferences and more time to retirement plans.
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