Four more years, eh?
It was hardly going to end any other way, but there was still quite an overwhelming outpouring of disappointment when it was confirmed that Sepp Blatter will remain as President of FIFA for another four years.
After all that’s happened this week, one might have hoped that he would do the honourable thing and resign or that delegates might see sense and opt for Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein, but alas, that was not the case.
The Twittersphere was not best pleased.
As predictable as it is depressing. All those FIFA members that voted for Blatter have betrayed the game they are supposed to cherish.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) May 29, 2015
I wonder what would've had to have happened under his governance for Blatter NOT to have been re-elected.
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) May 29, 2015
Utterly ludicrous, contemptible, shameful farce. #Blatter
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 29, 2015
Prince Ali pulls out. If only Blatter's Dad had done the same.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) May 29, 2015
Sepp Blatter is the right man to clean up the mess left by Sepp Blatter and leave a better FIFA for his eventual successor, Sepp Blatter.
— Conor Wilson (@ConorWilson) May 29, 2015
Blatter finishes with "Let's go Fifa. Let's go Fifa."
Wish he bloody would go …— Oliver Kay (@OliverKay) May 29, 2015
Tired of all that FIFA nonsense. The fact that we talk about who governs football, rather than who is playing it, says it all.
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) May 29, 2015
Blatter won't have to redecorate his office, at least. pic.twitter.com/oIE7q4foER
— Tim Stillman (@Stillmanator) May 29, 2015
"Honesty! Transparency! Fairness! The beautiful game! Your boys took one HELL of a beating!" #Blatter
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) May 29, 2015
#FIFACongress 2015 has now ended.
— FIFA Media (@fifamedia) May 29, 2015
