The Fifa spin doctors cheap fifa coins sprang into action and tried to do damage control, claiming Hulk was replaced because of "club commitments" with his employers Zenit St Petersburg. Yeah right, they can tell that to the birds.

Dizzy Russia sports minister Vitaly Mutko also got in on the act and cautioned against letting the incident become a "big scandal".

He added that the http://www.fifachampion.com/ whole thing was being talked about too much. Crazy man this Mutko.