Day -913. #WorldCup2018.
As I continue to work towards a resolution of my dilemma over Michel Platini's guilt versus the man he was before his association with the evil world of football politics, I suggest taking the time to read this excellent explanation of how his character traits could have led to the situation he finds himself in.
The questions about his vote for Qatar 2022 may never go away and forever be held against him and his plea for innocence. Even if no proof of him having done anything untoward is found the perception of ulterior motives may always remain:
"So it is no surprise that he also saw no problem with his now infamous meeting with the Qatari crown prince (now Emir) Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and the then French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, nine days before the World Cup vote in December 2010"
"In the air were various major trade deals, including a contract to sell Airbus planes to Qatar Air, and a prospective deal for QSI to buy PSG."
"As Blatter as been endlessly keen to point out since, it was the European vote that did most to help Qatar to victory."
And this has always been one of my big issues with his method and decisions about Qatar:
"..........Platini would make the case to a gaggle of reporters that the tournament should be played in the winter and spread across the Gulf. So just a month after voting for Qatar, he was advocating a wholly different tournament to the one he had backed."
As I continue to work towards a resolution of my dilemma over Michel Platini's guilt versus the man he was before his association with the evil world of football politics, I suggest taking the time to read this excellent explanation of how his character traits could have led to the situation he finds himself in.
The questions about his vote for Qatar 2022 may never go away and forever be held against him and his plea for innocence. Even if no proof of him having done anything untoward is found the perception of ulterior motives may always remain:
"So it is no surprise that he also saw no problem with his now infamous meeting with the Qatari crown prince (now Emir) Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and the then French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, nine days before the World Cup vote in December 2010"
"In the air were various major trade deals, including a contract to sell Airbus planes to Qatar Air, and a prospective deal for QSI to buy PSG."
"As Blatter as been endlessly keen to point out since, it was the European vote that did most to help Qatar to victory."
And this has always been one of my big issues with his method and decisions about Qatar:
"..........Platini would make the case to a gaggle of reporters that the tournament should be played in the winter and spread across the Gulf. So just a month after voting for Qatar, he was advocating a wholly different tournament to the one he had backed."
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