This upsets and disturbs the Fifa family. I see it at every congress. England is always complaining so, please, I say, will you leave the Fifa family alone, and when you speak, speak with truth. ”In an interview with a German press agency, Grondona had earlier called England “pirates” and added: “With the English [2018 World Cup] bid I said: ‘Let us be brief.
If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote’. They then became sad and left. ”Grondona was thought to have voted in favour of Qatar hosting the 2022 World Cup. Documents show a briefing note to Qatar’s bid officials proposed that Qatar extend financial assistance to the Argentine FA after it suffered a financial crisis in August 2009, including a suggestion that the Qatari TV company Al Jazeera could purchase TV rights.
After the vote in 2010, Grondona denied that the AFA had received any payment from Qatar – one former Qatar bid official told the Wall Street Journal that a payment of ?44m had been recommended. Grondona responded by saying: “There has to be an end to playing with my good name. Why on earth would the association have a debt of that size? I am not going to give any credence to whatever people may say. ”Grondona died in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. He had been taken to hospital after suffering an aortic aneurysm.
