Sepp Blatter, who isn’t in jail, thinks his sentence is like a murderer’s

Sepp Blatter is finally done in soccer, and he’s accepted it. But he’s still completely delusional about FIFA’s problems, the United States’ investigation and his punishment.

“I lost faith in our organization on May 27 with this intervention by American law enforcement,” said Blatter. “And the same day it presented FIFA as a mafia-type organization.”

He continued with an interesting take on serious crimes. “This is nonsense. According to Swiss law, to suspend someone for eight years, you must have committed a murder or a bank robbery.” OK.

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Omar Gonzalez has moved from the LA Galaxy to Pachuca. (MLS)

A couple of Americans are negotiating an Everton takeover. (Telegraph)

Dimitri Payet might make his return for West Ham in early January. (Guardian)

Liverpool are trying to sign Red Star Belgrade’s Marko Grujic. (Mirror)

Jose Mourinho’s agent says he hasn’t received an offer from Manchester United. (SI)

Valencia haven’t given up on the Nou Mestalla. They hope to open it for the 2020-21 season. (AS)

Martin Skrtel is set to miss six weeks for Liverpool. (BBC)

Noah Davis on the USMNT’s 2015, which wasn’t as awful as it seemed. (ESPN FC)

Robert O’Connor with warnings from the past for surprise Premier League leaders Leicester City. (Vice)

Mohamed Mohamed on Ligue 1’s most intriguing attackers. (Stats Bomb)

There wasn’t any soccer of note on Tuesday, and everyone’s off on Wednesday as well. That will continue to be the case until Saturday, when the Premier League holds its usual massive slate of Boxing Day games.