John Delaney against World Cup boycott

FAI boss John Delaney does not support calls for a World Cup boycott following Sepp Blatter’s re-election as Fifa president.

Speaking in Zurich after the vote, Delaney said: “Well there’s been loose talk of that but it wouldn’t really be my way of doing things. Pulling out of World Cups is not something you should do because you don’t like the person running the organisation.

“But I think there’ll a lot of talk and a lot of discussion will take place, and a lot of people will look to Uefa as to what its stance will be going forward. Because Michel Platini, the president of Uefa, has made it very clear that he asked Blatter to step down.