FIFA President Sepp Blatter wants tougher sanctions to tackle racism in football, including expelling teams or deducting points.
Uefa this week opened a disciplinary case against CSKA Moscow after Manchester City’s Yaya Toure complained of being racially abused by their fans.
Blatter claimed fines and forcing teams to play behind closed door were inadequate punishment, reports the BBC.
“We need to eliminate teams from a competition or deduct points,” he said.
Speaking at the Football Association’s 150th anniversary dinner in London, Blatter added: “Only by such decisions is it possible to go against racism and discrimination.
“If we don’t do that it will go on and go on. We have to stop it; we need the courage to do it.”
His comments came hours after FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb – also in London for the FA’s celebrations – said he wanted to meet Cote d’Ivoire international Toure to discuss his complaint.
CSKA general director Roman Babaev says the matter has been “exaggerated” by the Ivorian and the British media.
Blatter, 77, said: “It has been decided by the FIFA Congress that it is a nonsense for racism to be dealt with with fines. You can always find money from somebody to pay them.
“It is a nonsense to have matches played without spectators because it is against the spirit of football and against the visiting team. It is all nonsense.
“We can do something better to fight racism and discrimination.
“This is one of the villains we have today in our game. But it is only with harsh sanctions that racism and discrimination can be washed out of football.”
