Sexist football club owner to quit if forced to create women's team as 'the female was created to be beautiful'

Former Romanian parliament member George 'Gigi' Becali has a history of making racist and homophobic comments.

And the man once described as "the most offensive owner in world sports" has further tarnished his reputation with his latest outburst.

Speaking on TV show 'Ora Exacta in Sport', he said: "You can't do things against God's will. I'll quit football! [if forced by Uefa to form a women's team].

Becali, whose political career was derail by a conviction for corruption in 2013, added that having representation from the opposite sex would be "aligning to Satan's ideas".

The 60-year-old added: "How can a woman play football?

"She isn't built for playing football. Her body isn't made for football. It's dangerous.

"The female was created to be beautiful, to attract the opposite sex.

"We are affecting women by letting them play football or by allowing them to box.

"They should play handball, volleyball, basketball, but not aggressive sports."

The women's game is among the fastest growing team sports on the planet and next year's World Cup in France is expected to smash viewing and revenue records.

Manchester United became the latest team to form a women's side earlier this year, with Real Madrid set to join them.

European football's governing body could move to take action against Becali, whose footballing career is littered with offensive remarks.

In 2006, he supported the idea of a referendum to ban homosexuality.

And six years later he rejected the chance to sign former Liverpool striker Florent Sinama Pongolle because he was black.

A Uefa statement in response to the recent batch of comments read: "The fight to eliminate discrimination, intolerance and racism from football is a major priority for our organisation.

"UEFA strongly believes the power of football can be used to tackle such issues as racism, homophobia, discrimination against ethnic minorities and institutional discrimination such as under-representation of women, or lack of diversity.

"However, there is no requirement by UEFA for clubs to set up women's teams."

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