What we have to do is to find a solution that the interests of the national teams are respecting the interests of the clubs. And also the clubs they shall respect the interests and the aspirations of national teams.

I do not feel that I have a mandate from the entire world of football - the fans, the players, the clubs, the people who live, breathe and love football.

What matters to me more than anything is that when all of this is over, football is the winner.

We, or I, cannot monitor everyone all of the time. If people want to do wrong, they will also try to hide it.

I think it is high time that Europe starts to understand that we do not rule the world anymore, and that some former European imperial powers can no longer impress their will on to others in far away places, and we must accept that football has moved away from being a European and South American sport: it has become the World Sport that billions of fans are excitedly following every week, everywhere in the world.

Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.

They (the FAI) have asked, very humbly, can't we be team No 33 at the World Cup? They have asked for that... really!