Sepp Blatter delivers a backhanded slap to the Premier League
Sepp Blatter has taken a shot at the Barclays Premier League after he pointed out that not one player from the English top flight made it into FIFA’s World XI.
The FIFA 2010 World XI was created with the input of journalists, managers, and 50,000 players from across the globe. The fantasy team consists of eight La Liga players and three Seria A players. The entire team is shown below:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815 (Real Madrid)
Maicon (Inter Milan) Lucio (Inter Milan) http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 (Barcelona)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-Sneijder-c36799 (Inter Milan) Xavi (Barcelona) Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 (Barcelona)
Barcelona have had a phenomenal spell, winning a total of six major trophies from the 2009 - 2010 campaigns. Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan created history by becoming the first Italian side to win the treble of the Serie A title, the Italian
cup and the Champions league last season.
Speaking on the notable omission of Premier League players from the fictional team, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said, “The Premier League is the best marketed league in the world. It's a good league, with good players, but when you consider not one player
made the best XI of the world, maybe they should think about whether something can be adapted.”
English fans already hold a grudge against Blatter after FIFA chose not to award http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 with hosting rights for the 2018 World Cup. The FIFA president’s latest comments are hardly likely to make them reconsider their stance. Blatter went on to add that
the La Liga was the best league in the world, citing Spain’s recent World Cup success and the fact that the Spanish league has the most homegrown players in it.
However, many football fans would beg to differ. La Liga is considered a two horse race, with either Real Madrid or Barcelona almost certain to win the title every season. Meanwhile, the Premier League is a much more hotly contested affair, especially this
season, where five teams are duking it out to obtain the top prize in English football.
If Sepp Blatter were to check his facts, he would see that no fewer than six Premier League players were in the FIFA World XI last year. 2010 proved to be a particularly fruitful year for Spanish football. Perhaps this year, it might be England’s turn.
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