Infantino has no respect – Blatter

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Infantino has no respect – Blatter

Former FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, has slated his successor, Gianni Infantino of showing him lack of respect.

The 80-year-old Blatter on Monday lost his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, over a six year ban from football for a two million Swiss franc ($2 million/1.8 million euro) payment he made to then UEFA boss, Michel Platini.

He expresses his displeasure with Infantino, saying he has not respected him as someone who was in that post before him.

Blatter told the BBC, “I am definitely not a happy man (with) what happened with FIFA.

“I have never seen in any company that the new president… was not paying respect to the old president.

“After his election we had a very good contact and he stopped at my house and we had a chat. I told him I have a list of questions that should be solved in Fifa which has not been solved before.

“(Infantino) said ‘I will work on that’ and he never came back.”

Blatter expressed disappointed that Infantino, who was UEFA secretary-general under Platini, had not returned his phone calls since that meeting.

“I have asked him, I have sent him a letter and I have his personal number and I was told that it’s still correct. Never never an answer – never,” said Blatter.

The Swiss served as FIFA president for 18 years but was a subject to withering criticism during his tenure.