The president,believing he was indispensable and could leave at a date of his choosing, has been forced out by an ethics committee he introducedFor Sepp Blatter, and whose span at football’s world governing body has bridged an extraordinary 40 years,17 as president, nothing has hurt him like the manner of his leaving. His recent, or increasingly frantic pronouncements and a “small emotional breakdown” final month have been the closing moments of a flailing emperor,unable to believe his power has drained absent. At 79 he remains bemused that forces of opposition he associates with devils and demons have assailed him upright into his Fifa HQ on his hill in Zurich and banned him from his own kingdom. Related: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini banned from football for eight years by Fifa Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com