FIFA president Sepp Blatter is an idiot ... and we don't need to hear it from Sir Alex Ferguson ... but the Man Utd boss came mighty close to 'suggesting' Blatter was like the dictors in Africa.
Sir Alex Ferguson: "I think Sepp Blatter is in danger...or has reached a point now where he is being mocked within the game.
Fergie Falls Short Of 'Dictator' Slur!
By Nu Mad
Updated Tuesday, 28th October 2008
"Whether he is getting too old, I don't know.
"But things can happen to people in power. Look at some of the despots in Africa."
"All I'm saying is that, from a position of great power, he has uttered so many ridiculous statements that he is in danger of seriously damaging his credibility.
"So when he came out with that stuff (about Ronaldo being a slave) it created a furore and rightly so, the year after the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery.
"What made it really obscene was that Madrid, as General Franco's club, had a history of being able to get whoever and whatever they wanted, before democracy came to Spain."
And who was it who said: "Don't mix football and politics"?
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