Frank by Name and Frank by Nature, as Brentford -Baas Thomas Frank has received his bees in the right hood.
His Angel was aimed at the club World Cup, which he described as “ridiculous”. And I agree with him.
Furious Frank said: 'Who wants it? Nobody.
“The addition of the club World Cup is ridiculous and there is a larger conversation that is needed about the number of games that is played for a year – but that is not for us and more for the teams in Europe.”
You sometimes feel that FIFA is run by some mothers who do 'Ave' Em's Frank Spencer and this is further proof.
Frank criticized FIFA for the enormous expansion of a tournament for which there is little interest.
That is not entirely true, because the winner can bank £ 97 million for seven games, which give the Bonentellers an incentive, if not the players.
The fact that it has been rejected by BBC, ITV, Sky Sports and TNT -Sport suggests that the TV -EXECs are not so bothered, even though Manchester City and Chelsea are in it.
But what Frank is angry about is simple – the players are bloody knacked.
Come at the end of a debilitating Premier League season, often with European competitions in the midweek, footballers have run into the ground.
Like everyone else, they need a few weeks in the sun to relax and recover.
“Ah,” I hear you scream, “but what about all those tours for the season to the Far East?”
It is a reasonable point, but these tours can bring players back to fitness.
In addition to the Club World Cup, which is also a concern, the increasing gap between Champions League qualifies and the rest is.
For example, if Chelsea or City both end in the top five, it will now guarantee that they are Champions League football and around £ 150 million.
If one of them wins the Club World Cup, it all yields up to almost £ 250 million!
How should the other 15 Premier League clubs compete with it?
The Club World Cup seems like a vanity project for FIFA.
Stadsbaas Pep Guardiola is unfortunate clubs must place their strongest squadrons in the 32-country tournament, which starts in mid-June in America and lasts a whole month.
If Guardiola is now cooked, you can imagine his patience if there was hosted in the big match against Wydad AC of Morocco.
Frank insisted that there is absolutely “no chance”, he will even look at it.
He is not the only one, as with all accounts, the ticket sale has been gloomy.
No wonder that the TV giants didn't want to touch it, because nothing more a sporting event stinks than benches with empty seats.
Everyone has worked out that there is no glory for it, only money.
The 24-carat gilt trophy was unveiled in the White House.
In speed it goes there, Donald Trump might be melting it quickly.
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