Allegations of corruption from former FA chairman Lord Triesman rocked FIFA last week when he suggested a number of its executive committee members sought bribes in the bidding process for 2018.
“The British press have always been very critical regarding football and FIFA. It didn’t start with me. It’s been a long time,” Blatter told AFP.
“There is a sort of stubbornness against football and FIFA. Of course there is the fact that England didn’t get the World Cup. But perhaps you have to analyse why.
