Sepp Blatter is really, really sorry everyone keeps using him as a ‘punching ball’

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What the hell is a ‘punching ball’?

Following the news that he and Michel Platini have been banned from football activities for 8 years, Sepp ‘Nelly’ Blatter was full of the exact kind of contrition you would expect from a bumbling, resentful and embittered relic on his last legs.

This was quintessential Blatter: the non-apology, apology.

And, it’s likely the closest we are ever to get to an apology from Blatter. I for one won’t be taking a rest from the ‘punching ball’ anytime soon.

Watch Blatter’s non-apology, apology below.