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.

Yes, in general, I think there is too much club football on TV.

We cannot constantly supervise everyone in football ...you cannot ask everyone to behave ethically.

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

It's up to the national associations and their leagues to limit the entry of foreign players.

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

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