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Gordon Taylor blasts "embarrassing" Sepp Blatter

Taylor calls for Blatter to resign
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PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor thinks that "everyone should be upset" by FIFA president Sepp Blatter's remarks about racism.

Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has urged for the President of FIFA Sepp Blatter to step down from his post following his controversial comments about racism.

The 75-year-old has caused an uproar after suggesting that there is no racism in football and if an incident occurs, players should shake hands at the end of the game and move on.

"I can't believe when I heard [the comments], I just felt this was a bridge too far," Taylor told Sky Sports News. "We've had corruption in his own back yard but this just goes beyond the line to talk like he did.

"It just shows that he's out of tune, out of time and he should move aside for Michel Platini. It's embarrassing. If there's one person who should get it about racism, it's the head of FIFA, which has 200 countries in the world that are so diverse with different backgrounds and colours, cultures, creeds. If he's not getting it then we have to move on."

Taylor believes that there is no question that Blatter should resign from the helm of the governing body.

"Everybody should have been upset about those comments," he added. "I feel that they were embarrassing. If you're the head of a football organisation, you need followers and if anyone could follow him after that, they should feel ashamed of themselves.

"I think without a shadow of a doubt [he should resign] because that is at the top of a long list. He is not understanding how racism is divisive. Football should be about pulling people together as a society. Racism is caught not taught."

The comments came after the Football Association charged Liverpool striker Luis Suarez for allegedly racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.

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