'They’re a rogue organisation who I think in this particular tournament we have probably seen them at their worst... I don’t think they’re a great face for world football, what’s an armband going to do, really, to harm FIFA?'
Neville slams ‘rogue’ FIFA and asks why footballers have so many political responsibilitiesGary Neville was not surprised to see FIFA’s short-notice threats to England if they wore the OneLove armband in their World Cup opener against Iran.
In an interview with ITV Sport, FA chief executive Mark Bullingham said the disciplinary action the team could have faced from FIFA for wearing the armband was “unlimited”. “Unfortunately then on the day of the game they gave us 10 minutes’ notice – two hours before we were due to go to the game… they came here with five officials and they ran us through a scenario where at a minimum anyone wearing the armband would be booked and face disciplinary action on top of that.
After viewing the footage, Neville was asked his thoughts, and tore into FIFA, but did note that England captain Harry Kane should have followed through and wore the armband. “I accept the fact that ultimately they’ve got rules and laws against political protests, players can’t pull their shirts up.
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