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21st Dec 2015

Sepp Blatter apologises and name drops Nelson Mandela in bizarre press conference

I'm so, so sorry. Not.

Kevin McGillicuddy

Sepp Blatter is not going down without a fight.

It’s all over for the Fifa president after the Swiss was hit with an eight-year football ban from all football activities along with Michel Platini.

Both men have been given the lengthy bans by Fifa’s ethics committee, with immediate effect.

The bans are the result of an investigation into a payment of two million Swiss francs (€1.8million) to the Frenchman in 2011.

Blatter, 79, was due to stand down from the presidency in February at a special Fifa congress, but 60-year-old Platini’s hopes of replacing the Swiss bureaucrat are now in ruins.

He spoke at a press conference this morning and his opening line was classic…

His first comment was a zinger

Then he managed to chat about Nelson Mandela

Which did not go down well

https://twitter.com/tomsteinfort/status/678879786987573248

https://twitter.com/MisterJRussell/status/678882932350689280

He then did various acts of contrition

Nobody really bought his apology though

https://twitter.com/eaamalyon/status/678880183928152064

Blatter also addressed the issue over Michel Platini and the money he allegedly received

And the non-apology apology ended on a  defiant note

And confirmation that Blatter will appeal his eight year ban

But most people were just confused about the whole plaster/Nelly thing going on

https://twitter.com/AndyRobertson93/status/678883983518793728

https://twitter.com/therunandg0/status/678884646814380036

But for us, this clip just sums the whole day up perfectly