Platini and his £16,000 watch.

[Leekbrookgull]

Anyone surprised ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29285817

 

[HantsSeagull]

he has flogged it on ebay or pawned it

 

[Rugrat]

Wanchor

 

[Ernest]

Sooner the whole lot gets kicked out the better

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Corruption and greed from Platini ........... ** feigns surprise **

 

[albion534]

Guys such a tool

Along with the rest of them

 

[Barrel of Fun]

The recipients clearly need to be lavished with gifts to accompany their salaries. Never mind the real issues that football faces.

 

[El Presidente]

Just as well Greg Dyke and the Northern Ireland delegate didn't accept one either.......

 

[Bob!]

Bent

 

[BensGrandad]

It is not a new idea. I knew a chap who was lino at Real Madrid European Cup Tie in the early 60s on arrival at his hotel he found a watch on his bedside cabinet and about 9.00pm a girl knocked on his hotel room door saying she had been sent by RM to make sure he had an enjoyable time in Madrid.

 

[Ernest]

It is not a new idea. I knew a chap who was lino at Real Madrid European Cup Tie in the early 60s on arrival at his hotel he found a watch on his bedside cabinet and about 9.00pm a girl knocked on his hotel room door saying she had been sent by RM to make sure he had an enjoyable time in Madrid.

So she showed him round the sites, what is wrong with that ?

 

[Westdene Seagull]

It is not a new idea. I knew a chap who was lino at Real Madrid European Cup Tie in the early 60s on arrival at his hotel he found a watch on his bedside cabinet and about 9.00pm a girl knocked on his hotel room door saying she had been sent by RM to make sure he had an enjoyable time in Madrid.

Indeed, corruption isn't a new idea.

 

[Triggaaar]

Can we say **** on NSC?

 

[Eeyore]

Just as well Greg Dyke and the Northern Ireland delegate didn't accept one either.......

I'm inclined to believe their stories. If someone gave me an expensive watch I would just as likely think it came from Ratners.

 

[El Presidente]

Can we say **** on NSC?

I believe you can

 

[Triggaaar]

I believe you can

Cool. That man is a ****.

 

[Acker79]

Just as well Greg Dyke and the Northern Ireland delegate didn't accept one either.......

Didn't they accept them, but are now returning them, and the criticism of platini in this thread is that he won't return his rather than that he accepted it in the first place.


Personally, I'm not all that bothered about it. I'm barely concerned that countries vying to host the world cup offer "sweeteners", but this was a gift after the fact. Yeah, the money in football is ridiculous, but it's no worse to me than the gift packs that are handed out at oscars (expensive items for people who can well afford them) or the wages paid to the likes of Wayne Rooney (ridiculous money in football).

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Didn't they accept them, but are now returning them, and the criticism of platini in this thread is that he won't return his rather than that he accepted it in the first place.


Personally, I'm not all that bothered about it. I'm barely concerned that countries vying to host the world cup offer "sweeteners", but this was a gift after the fact. Yeah, the money in football is ridiculous, but it's no worse to me than the gift packs that are handed out at oscars (expensive items for people who can well afford them) or the wages paid to the likes of Wayne Rooney (ridiculous money in football).

If I were a president of a football authority, I would suggest that I have a decent timepiece and I would rather the £16k was spent on community projects in the shanti towns/slums of Brasil or wherever.

 

[brighton bluenose]

If I were a president of a football authority, I would suggest that I have a decent timepiece and I would rather the £16k was spent on community projects in the shanti towns/slums of Brasil or wherever.

Didn't our own FA delegate - can't remember his name - say that he just happened to discover his extremely expensive timepiece in the bottom of a goody bag he'd just chucked in the garage on his return from some junket some months after receiving said goody-bag??!!!
Errrrr.............yeah good one mate!!!

 

[Pintos]

I'd like to know what gifts the Qataris and Russians offered for their respective successful world cups bids.