Speaking at the European Football Clubs annual meeting in Copenhagen, Ceferin did not mention Infantino by name but suggested it was time he was ejected from his position. Ceferin also likened the situation to the Emperor’s New Clothes fable. He told the club delegates: “An emperor is persuaded that he is wearing magnificent clothes — clothes which, he is told, only the foolish or unfit cannot see. His court goes along with it. Until a child simply says aloud what everyone can see: the emperor is naked. The moral of the story is this: convenient words cannot change uncomfortable realities.” Ceferin said: “Selling part of football’s future does not become development because you say it’s development. Putting a fait accompli in front of national associations does not mean democratisation, even if you call it democratisation, however big the cheque is. And secrecy does not become consultation because you call it consultation.” “Imagine one of your senior executives secretly negotiating away control of your club’s crown jewels. You didn’t know, your board didn’t know, your players didn’t know, and your fans didn’t know. And by the time you find out, the deal is almost done. What would your board do?“ “Imagine that he creates a ‘peace prize’ for a political leader, without his own board having any say over its creation or its recipient. Then, that same political leader calls during the biggest competition in the world to complain about a decision on the pitch. The rules say one thing. The phone rings. Then the decision changes.” “Well, my friends, I think it’s time to say — enough!” He added: “Rules bent when inconvenient. Those meant to have a say, simply cut out. And football’s future treated as just another bargaining chip. No office, no title, and no amount of power gives anyone the right to sell the future of football.”   submitted by   /u/Sparky-moon [link]   [comments]