7 February 2008:

The Football Association has given its provisional support to the plans. “We understand the reasons for this proposals and the benefits it can bring to English football as a whole,” said an FA source.

14 February 2008:

“Even if the FA did sanction it, all the national associations receiving these clubs would have to sanction it also. This will be very difficult. In addition to that, the Fifa executive committee will apply article two of the Fifa statutes: ‘to prevent all methods or practices which might jeopardise the integrity of matches or competitions or give rise to abuse of association football’. This is abuse. The rich Premier League is trying to get richer and wants to expand the importance of that league. This will never happen, at least as long as I am the president of Fifa.”

15 February 2008:

The Football Association has told Fifa it has serious reservations over the Premier League’s proposal to play additional top-flight games abroad. “We did speak to Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke about this matter on Thursday. We explained that while we had received a verbal summary on the subject, at this time we aren’t in possession of any detailed proposals from the Premier League to pass on to Fifa. It was also made clear to Fifa that the Football Association has some serious reservations about the proposal.”

Cocksucking parasites. It’s like Bert Millichip never died.