From their castle in Zurich, the owners of soccer do not propose, they impose. That's their way.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
Football needs its roots, it needs its connection with the supporters. But those in charge seem to think they can do without them.
The Swiss can be very difficult.
Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.
People have to pay a lot of money to play soccer here.
No one country has a team that hold a monopoly on the league like Maccabi does in Israel.
The technocracy of professional sport has managed to impose a soccer of lightning speed and brute strength: a soccer that negates joy, kills fantasy and outlaws daring.
In Spain and Italy I would not have a life among the fans. Everyone wants to touch you, own you and approach you. I try to be as kind as possible to all my fans, but in those countries I could not do it. There they ask too much from you.
They are not your players, they are loaned from the club. You just wheel them out for a game for England.
Soccer's not a game that you can restrict players, especially creative players and players who have proven themselves at that level.