The very worst of Sepp Blatter – 'Crisis? What is a crisis?'

The 79-year-old has been provisionally suspended from his role, so Goal takes a look back at the worst of his reign


GOALEXTRA TIME   By Alex Young


Sepp Blatter has left the building… for 90 days at least, anyway. The Fifa president has been provisionally suspended from his duties following an internal investigation by the governing body’s ethics committee.

In the aftermath of the latest twist in the tale that is Fifa’s downfall, Goal looks back at the 79-year-old’s most outlandish statements…


HOW TO INCREASE THE POPULARITY OF WOMEN’S FOOTBALL (January, 2004)



ON CONSIDERING BANNING DRAWS (April, 2004)



ON THE ITALIAN MATCH-FIXING FOOTBALL SCANDAL (March, 2006)



ON TREATMENT OF CRISTIANO RONALDO DURING TRANSFER SAGA (July, 2008)



AFTER ALLEGATIONS JOHN TERRY HAD AN EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR (February, 2010)



IF HE FORESAW PROBLEMS FOR GAY FANS  (December, 2010)



AMID FIFA’S PREVIOUS MAJOR CORRUPTION SCANDAL (May, 2011)



AFTER THE FA CHARGED SUAREZ WITH RACIALLY ABUSING EVRA (November, 2011)



JUSTIFYING HIS FIFA PRESIDENCY AT OXFORD UNION  (October, 2013)



ON A SLAVE PROBLEM AND DEATHS OF WORKERS IN QATAR (November, 2013)



AGAIN ON WOMEN’S FOOTBALL (May, 2015)



ON HIS LONGEVITY AS FIFA PRESIDENT BEFORE HIS RE-ELECTION (May, 2015)



AFTER SEVEN OFFICIALS WERE ARRESTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES (May, 2015)



AFTER PLATINI REFUSED TO RULE OUT A UEFA WORLD CUP BOYCOTT (May, 2015)



AN OFFICIAL FIFA STATEMENT ON NOT RESIGNING (September, 2015)



AN OFFICIAL FIFA STATEMENT AFTER SUSPENSION (October, 2015)