He speaks!

[SaintGeorge67]

"These excessive transfers are happening almost every day. It is very puzzling at a time when football faces some of its worst ever financial challenges.

"These transfers are a serious challenge to the idea of fairplay and the concept of financial balance in our competitions."

Michel Platini

 

[David Byrne]

Hardly damning compared to his regular outbursts about English clubs, none of whom have ever spent 80 million on a player, or 60 million for that matter.

 

[Rafiagra]

UEFA hates England. FACT!

 

[Jack D Rips]

Can you disagree with what hes saying?

 

[cochyn]

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UEFA hates England. FACT!
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platini hates england!!

 

[Vlads Quiff]

I know he is a bit of a twat , that's not entirely his fault, he's French.
However I have not found an awful lot that I disagree with Platini about

regards

 

[jimmy]

He has a point of course, but I'm not sure what he can do about this though. I don't think he has the power to challenge clubs like Real Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea etc.

It has always been like this - the big clubs always had the money to outspend the smallrer ones and attract the best players. It does seem like the gap is becoming unbridgable now, and unfortunately we do not seem to be able to compete against them in the transfer market.

One must wonder how can they spend all this money while the world is going through one of the toughest economical crises in history. I suspect this bubble will burst one day not too far from today.

 

[Judge Jules]

Does he have a point though? I'll admit the size of fee, debt etc.involved makes me a bit uneasy, but surely it's up to the clubs if they want to take the risks involved. I don't see what business it is of Platini's and I definitely don't see what it has to do with "fair play".

 

[Asbo]

Whats he blaming England for?

No English Club is buying a player for 80 Million............

 

[refugee]

From Skysports

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has backed Real Madrid's record-breaking £80million bid for Cristiano Ronaldo, as he believes it proves football remains a growth industry.

Earlier this week his Uefa counterpart Michel Platini described the Spanish titan's offer, along with the £56million signing of Kaka, as being 'excessive'.

Given the global recession Real's unprecedented spending has surprised many within the football fraternity, but Blatter feels the game will benefit in the long run.

Speaking ahead of the Confederations Cup in South Africa, Blatter said: "It means that our product is still a good product. If this is the game of the people, they need stars.
Sensitive market

"OK, it is a lot of money, but he is performing. We are in a very sensitive market nowadays because there is an economic crisis. In football, we are still in a good market."

If Ronaldo does follow Kaka in moving to the Spanish capital, then it means Madrid will have made the four most expensive signings (in euros) in history, having also splashed out huge money on Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo during Florentino Perez's previous term as president from 2000-06.

Madrid also lavished big fees on the likes of Brazilian forward Ronaldo and David Beckham as part of the club's famous 'galacticos' policy, and Blatter believes the current situation is not too different to how it was a decade ago.

"Almost 10 years ago, Luis Figo went from Barcelona to Real Madrid for £37million," he said. "So what is £80million now? That means there is still demand to have a star."