
(ATR) FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced Tuesday that he will resign following anextraordinary congress to elect a new president.
Following Blatter's announcement, football media members and fans reacted to the 79-year-old's announcement on Twitter.
Black smoke rises from the back of FIFA HQ indicating the ceremonial burning of the documents. pic.twitter.com/TIhwrNnRHP
— Tokyo Sexwhale (@tokyo_sexwhale) June 2, 2015When you hear Sepp Blatter has resigned... http://t.co/iqe2fPHjWY
— Sunday League FC (@SundayLeagueFC) June 2, 2015U.S.-Russia relations just got a lot more interesting. pic.twitter.com/E7n8SHi7HH
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) June 2, 2015"there's no reason I could not do both." - V. Putin upon entering the race for FIFA President
— netw3rk (@netw3rk) June 2, 2015You should have done this last week, you grotty little, dishonest parasite. Good riddance @SeppBlatter. #savefootball
— Steve Crabtree (@stevecrab) June 2, 2015Every football fan in world hearing the #SeppBlatter resignation http://t.co/xniKWEr5K0
— INPLAY (@inplayapp) June 2, 2015Thank goodness ! At last FIFA and Blatter get the message. A great day for football.
— Ian Darke (@IanDarke) June 2, 2015Imagine being so awful at your job that billions of people around the world immediately start celebrating when you decide to quit.
— Danger Guerrero (@DangerGuerrero) June 2, 2015Super psyched to see Sepp Blatter on next season's Dancing With The Stars.
— Jason Feifer (@heyfeifer) June 2, 2015What has happened since Friday to change Blatters mind? Could this be the start of a snowball that brings #FIFA and soccer to its knees?
— Mike Laflin (@MJLaflin) June 2, 2015Sepp Blatter announces he's taking a new job: pic.twitter.com/HKJMSAyLOi
— Rohan (@mojorojo) June 2, 2015Some said nobody would ever beat IL gov Rod #Blagojevich's time between re-election and resignation. Today I salute you, #SeppBlatter
— Jaydeep Bardhan (@jbardhan) June 2, 2015Congratulations @SeppBlatter for the shortest term as elected president in history @FIFAcom
— Jan Nolf (@NolfJan) June 2, 2015Blatter departs. pic.twitter.com/areGUTZysE
— Richard Conway (@richard_conway) June 2, 2015Blatter gone just in time for Women's World Cup...thus marking the greatest good he has ever done for women's soccer.
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) June 2, 2015Amid triumphalism, worth remembering there were 133 countries prepared to vote for Blatter. Global battle for control of game looming.
— Owen Gibson (@owen_g) June 2, 2015Think this is bad for Blatter? Could be a lot worse for Qatar.
— Dan Roan (@danroan) June 2, 2015Compiled byNicole Bennett
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