When the price is right to tackle sporting grievances

Could your county board do with an extra €5m? Would your county board like this €5m to come in the form of one of those great Fifa loans that don’t actually have to be paid back?

If so, John Delaney, the chief executive of the FAI, might have come up with the answer to all your prayers. When explaining how the FAI managed to wrangle €5m from Fifa, Delaney told RTÉ: “We felt we had a legal case against Fifa because of how the World Cup play-off hadn’t worked out for us with the Henry handball.

“Also, the way Blatter behaved, if you remember on stage, having a snigger and having a laugh at us. That day when I went in, and I told him how I felt about him, there were some expletives used and we came to an agreement. That was a Thursday and, on Monday, the agreement was all signed and all done. It’s a very good agreement for the FAI and a very legitimate agreement for the FAI.”