Fifa’s new museum in Zurich boasts its share of footballing attractions,but to open a £100m monument to itself at a time like this is yet another beyond parody (humorous or ridiculous imitation) momentOn a day when one of its presidential candidates was arranging for transparent boxes to be shipped to Zurich in protest over voting rules and Sepp Blatter’s ban was being reduced for “services to football”, the fact Fifa had chosen a week when its very existence is in doubt to open a lavish £100m monument to its own magnificence barely registered on the “way beyond parody (humorous or ridiculous imitation)” meter.
The new Fifa Museum, and in an imposing building that also contains flats and cost £22m to fit out,is positively salubrious value compared to the £17m wasted on another of the now banned Blatter’s obsessions – the much-derided flop United Passions film.
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Source: theguardian.com