For once, UEFA President Michel Platini has said something nice about England. Platini has said a lot about the Premier League’s spending, which was mainly aimed at Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and more recently Manchester City. However he didn’t say anything about Real Madrid’s spending and other high profile European clubs.

English fans have reacted to that and he has been labelled by many as Anglophobic. He has now tried to make amends by praising English fans and instead of putting things straight, he blamed the English media.

"Football belongs to the fans and you have great fans in England," he told The Daily Telegraph. "They love football. 

"They respect the decisions.

"England is the only country where they get angry about diving," he added.

"They are great football people. They don't disturb the life of the players - it's wonderful, but I am not so open to the business side. 

"I am not popular in England because of the journalists, but I see many fans on the plane and they seem to like me, we speak about my passion for English clubs.'' 

It is nice to hear something nice come out of the UEFA presidents mouth.