Up until last night, FIFA President Sepp Blatter has rejected any ides from the European Union on how to address the growing problems of corruption, player salaries and ownership in European soccer. Amid growing hostility between Europe’s politicians and soccer’s world governing body, Blatter announced an agreement yesterday with FIFPro, the world player’s union, which Reuters says takes big steps towards avoiding a possible collision between the European Union and FIFA over how the game should be governed in the future. Executives from UEFA, the European governing body that operates under FIFA, seek the adoption of a European Sports Review that would be linked to EU governments with the goal of controlling the sport more closely in Europe. In September, Blatter and International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge wrote to lawmakers protesting the proposed changes. Yesterday, Blatter said this was a “”misunderstanding.” “Yes, we want autonomy for the game, but we are not above the laws of any land and we want to work with the political leaders to find the solutions,” the FIFA President said. “But we will find and implement the solutions ourselves with political assistance.” For the time being, the European Commission, an arm of the EU, sounds satisfied. “We still have a long way to go, but we welcome this attitude by Sepp Blatter,” a spokesman for British sports minister Richard Caborn said.