Sepp Blatter Essentially Calls Barcelona and Real Madrid One-Man Teams

Sepp Blatter is the president of FIFA, therefore, by title's sake, he's the most powerful man in football at the moment. 

He's also the most mocked man in football. (Emile Heskey is an exception because everyone secretly or not-so-secretly loves Heskey.) 

There are obvious reasons for the vitriol often spewed in Blatter's direction: the whole Qatar thing being one example. He also has the propensity to say plain silly things. He reaffirmed the latter on Friday. 

In a series of quotes from the latest edition of The FIFA Weekly magazine, relayed by the Associated Press' Rob Harris, Blatter not-so-subtly called Spanish powerhouses Barcelona and Real Madrid one-man teams. 

No one doubts that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are cornerstones of both clubs, but still, Sepp... 

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Blatter:"Without Cristiano Ronaldo’s extraordinary skill,RealMadrid would almost certainly still be waiting for their 10th Chps Lge triumph"

— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) January 9, 2015"

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Blatter: "Barcelona would scarcely have become the gold standard in European football without Lionel Messi’s 400 goals."

— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) January 9, 2015"

Blatter has a good point, but it still sounds rather odd coming from the head of FIFA, as evidenced by this response (we assume he meant "brain cell").

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@RobHarris I’ll call Blatter a one braincell man any day.

— Mikkel Hjortshøj (@MHjortshoej) January 9, 2015"

[Rob Harris]