When his remarks were reported, they immediately caused a massive uproar within the United Kingdom.
The league was on hiatus at the time, and since Wang Shuo was back in his home country, he naturally hadn't heard the news.
Coincidentally, November 11 was Remembrance Day in the United Kingdom. Before the friendly match between England and Spain, England requested to wear commemorative poppies, but FIFA refused. Their reasoning was that the symbol carried political implications. This only added fuel to the fire.
In just two or three days, everyone from the Minister of Sport to the Prime Minister, and from Football Association officials to the Premier League administration, was blasting Blatter. Even the royal family of the United Kingdom stepped forward. Prince William wrote a strongly worded private letter to Blatter, expressing his profound dissatisfaction with FIFA.
