Blatter’s brainchild leaves Wenger cold
Arsenal’s manager Arsne Wenger has accused Fifa of abandoning its responsibility to keep the quality of competition high by relaunching the World Club Championship.
Fifa’s president Sepp Blatter has announced that the tournament will be held in July 2005, for the first time since Manchester United pulled out of the FA Cup and went to Brazil for the Are All Prada Handbags Leather inaugural competition four years ago. It will involve 12 to 16 teams Authentic Prada Bags Online Singapore at a venue Ap Lei Chau Prada Factory Outlet to be named next month.
Wenger did not rule out Arsenal taking part if invited, but made it clear if they did it would be for purely financial reasons. “It is an idea that’s not based on quality and that’s wrong. I think the responsibility of football bodies is to keep the interest and quality high.”
He also pointed Are All Prada Handbags Leather out that when United went to Brazil the stadiums were usually far from full. An estiamted 25,000 watched United play South Melbourne in the Maracana and the crowd for a game Baby Prada Shoes Uk between Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia and Raja of Morocco was given as 300.
Chelsea’s acting chief executive Black Prada Eyeglass Case Paul Smith expressed similar misgivings. “It should be an honour to be invited to this event if it has a format which genuinely Authentic Prada Gauffre Bag features the world’s top clubs,” he said. “The reality will undoubtedly be a compromise because of the political structure of Fifa.”
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Joe Cole has lost his appeal against a two-match ban for improper conduct and using abusive or insulting language towards the fourth official at Bolton in April. He was fined 15 replica prada top handles,000 and will miss games with Blackburn and Charlton.
Wales’ appeal for a place at Euro 2004 in the wake of Igor Titov of Russia’s positive drug test for Bromantan will probably fall on deaf ears. Are All Prada Products Made In Italy “It is highly unlikely that any such complaint would have any grounds for altering the result,” a Uefa spokesman said.
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