Sepp Blatter is a douchenoggle, I believe we can all agree on this. The former FIFA president oversaw decades of corruption in football’s world governing body before eventually being banned from the sport. But this dude can’t stay out of the limelight, as evidenced by another absurd Sepp Blatter tweet on Thursday.
Blatter became president of FIFA in 1998 and reigned for nearly 20 years as FIFA became bloated with corruption, highlighted by the World Cup votes in 2010, which awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, respectively. He was finally kicked out of football in 2015 for an illegal payment to former UEFA boss Michel Platini and was later accused of sexual assault, because that’s just the type of guy he is.
But the guy just won’t shut up and the latest Sepp Blatter tweet shows so much lack of self-awareness that it’s no surprise Twitter blew up in response to another ignorant comment.
Most recently, Blatter drew laughs for suggesting Morocco deserves the 2026 World Cup bid over the joint bid from the U.S., Mexico and Canada — a bid that wouldn’t force a country to spend obscene amounts of money it doesn’t have.
Thursday’s Sepp Blatter tweet focused on another subject: the possibility of FIFA selling rights to two tournaments for $25 billion.
25 billion for a piece of the big cake? That's wrong! You can not sell
out football. Football - the most popular sport in the world - belongs to the people. #Fifa #Uefa @Infantino #FIFAWorldCup— Joseph S Blatter (@SeppBlatter) April 19, 2018
First of all, let’s point out the most hilarious part about this tweet: @infantino is not Gianni Infantino, the current FIFA president, who does not have a Twitter handle to my knowledge. The @infantino handle belongs to an American company focused on baby products.
When mom says tummy time is over... We don't think so, mom! We're loving this candid moment captured by Miranda Seely. pic.twitter.com/ew2LFP2ZL2
— Infantino (@infantino) April 16, 2018
Now for the actual meat of the Sepp Blatter tweet. The former FIFA boss is excoriating FIFA for possibly selling out football with the aforementioned $25 billion deal. Football, he says, belongs to the people.
If I had tweeted this out, or Grant Wahl or hell, even Bruce Arena had tweeted this out, the statement would be completely fine. But for Sepp fucking Blatter to tweet it out? He clearly has a memory worse than Graham Poll. How could Sepp forget the many times he sold soccer out to fill the coffers of himself and his many comrades across the world?
Twitter didn’t forget.
this is like Ryan Giggs or John Terry giving a lecture on being faithful
— Niall Riordan (@82spionkopite) April 19, 2018
This is a bit like Diana Ross telling Cristiano Ronaldo how to take penalties
— Samson McMuffin (@samsonmcmuffin) April 19, 2018
Wtf? You’ve been selling football for 40 years. Bribes and corruption in FIFA is all down to you. #FifaWorldCup2018
— Donal Manning (@dmanning77) April 19, 2018
I see the Alzheimer’s is kicking in.
— Adam (@Blu3Atom) April 19, 2018
Sepp Blatter is doing his best to out dumb Trump on Twitter. Ballsy & stupid tweet, and he tagged the wrong Infantino.
— Ron Waxman (@RonWaxman) April 19, 2018
Surely this is a parody account?
Nobody could be this fucking shameless...— Hi, I'm Chris (@cpezzimenti) April 19, 2018
Is this guy for real???!!! Is @SeppBlatter trolling himself?! You should be in jail for selling football for your benefit you corrupt scum.
— Bluedazzler (@bluedazzler101) April 19, 2018
You stupid, thieving twat. Can’t even tag your successor properly. Fucking dipper
— Seamus O’Caoimhe (@SnapNOLA) April 19, 2018
Fucking hell the irony meter is off the scale
— buggerluggs (@VascoDaBabber78) April 19, 2018
Shut up you corrupt tosser.
— Craig phillips (@craigmarv81) April 19, 2018
Plenty of people — probably upset Americans — vindictively pointed out how Blatter sold the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
.@SeppBlatter you sold the #worldcup to #Qatar. Stop with the hypocrisy.
— Pragmatic Footy (@PragmaticFooty) April 19, 2018
Bro you sold the world cup to Qatar...relax.
— Spiv (@Saf87Pivano) April 19, 2018
Unlike some Cu** who sold it to Qatar u mean?
— Tila (@X_Tila) April 19, 2018
Try telling that to the dead slaves in Qatar.
— Mark Clough (@gongclough) April 19, 2018
Sell out football? You rigged two World Cup elections because Russia and Qatar paid you to do so? Don’t act as if you care you disgrace
— Dave (@DaveGfcMILLER) April 19, 2018
And others enjoyed the comedy of him tweeting to a baby company.
I’m sure the Californian company that is in the baby business thank you for your tagging them in. #stillmakingmistakes #whatamistakatomaka PS. When corruption was rife under your watch, were you ‘selling it’ for the people?
— Damian Hicklin (@Plumtree_Damo) April 19, 2018
Why are you tagging a baby supply company you corrupt dotard
— Box to box MF’er (@footyisfree) April 19, 2018
Are you for fucking real???
And you tagged a babies twitter handle because ....???? @infantino
Senility set in .....— JustPlainDarren (@JustPlainTwit) April 19, 2018
In the sake of fairness, a couple of respondents supported Blatter, but they were probably Russian bots.
Put this man back in power! #bringbackBlatter
— Bill Mullins (@billbah_baggins) April 19, 2018
Mr. Blatter, please to meet you from Mexico...I hope that you comeback to the futbol fifa, becouse you are good person and ever think in other countries for realize world cup fifa diferents and that is good!!! And more team incorpored, more concacaf...verygood!!!!!
— Ayala (@ayala7A) April 19, 2018
Overall, we feel Twitter reacted to the Sepp Blatter tweet in the appropriate manner. We just feel bad for the folks running the @infantino Twitter handle having to deal with all this crap in their mentions.
Also, the cake is a lie.
What is the big cake?
— Taher Amine BOUMAAZ (@TaherAmineBOUMA) April 19, 2018
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