Football: Blatter attacks focus on money.

Byline: BY MARTIN ZIEGLER

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has stoked up more controversy with the Premier League by claiming those in charge of England's top flight are just focused on "making money".

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore had a private meeting with Blatter on Monday aimed at building bridges between the two organisations, but the gulf appears as wide as ever.

Blatter said he and Scudamore still have significant differences over their approach to football's finances and quotas for foreign players.

The FIFA president said: "He is working to make a lot of money and I'm working to have football as a social, cultural event around the world, being a school of life, bringing hope, bringing emotions.

"That's the difference."

At the meeting, Scudamore explained the league's opposition to Blatter's proposed 6+5 rule, which would see a maximum of five foreign players in starting line-ups in domestic games.

Blatter added: "He said that with the exception of (David) Beckham all England national team players play in the English league so therefore still his league is playing English football.

"As long as you have in different teams only one or two English players, I think this is not enough."