Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke Calls Out Blatter's Critics

Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said that opponents of FIFA President Sepp Blatter "should run against him instead of merely criticizing his decision to go for another term at the helm," according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. Watzke also said that "it would be best not to hold the 2022 World Cup in the desert state of Qatar." The 78-year-old Blatter, who has led FIFA since '98, "announced this week he would run for a fifth term." Watzke: "We have to be a bit careful with criticism here. If there are people out there who consider a fifth term as too long or that he is too old for this position then they should run against Blatter." He added, "Otherwise I would be a bit more reserved with criticism" (REUTERS, 9/12).