Bin Hamman Under Pressure

 

Bin Hamman certainly has a high opinion of himself, and he has done some exceelent things for Asian football during his tenure, but the megalomaniacal accusations do reappear often.  His assertion that because Asia has 3.7b people success will follow is slightly undone by the fact that 2.2b of them are in India and China, who are still very very early in their footballing development and in the case of India, unlikely to ever challenge on a world stage.

 

One thing that I find odd is that the concentration of power within FIFA is often held by administrators from relatively small time football countries (although in this case, the power does seem to be following the money).  I imagine that it must be a source of frustration that two individuals from Bahrain and Qatar hold some of the most powerful positions in world football, along with the likes of Jack Warner, and even in the past Charlie Dempsey.  To me that can only encourage corruption, as those particular countries have so much more to gain from giving their votes out favourably.