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OM boss Eyraud says Ligue1 must reform to face post-Covid realities

February 18 – Olympique de Marseille president Jacques-Henri Eyraud (pictured) has said Ligue 1 is “no longer sustainable” and should shrink to confront a post-coronavirus reality.

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Finance

Seven Serie A clubs put block on €1.7bn CVC deal arguing it undervalues rights

February 18 – Serie A’s €1.7 billion private equity deal for a 10% stake in the league’s newly created media business looks to have been scuppered.

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Europe

Laporta says Messi is crucial to Barca’s playing and financial future

February 18 – Barcelona presidential candidate Joan Laporta has vowed to do all he can to keep Lionel Messi at the club despite another humiliating night in the Champions League.

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Coronavirus

Covid travel curbs derail UEFA’s Youth League

February 18 – The 2020-21 edition of the UEFA Youth League – a youth version of the Champions League – has been cancelled due to the difficulties in staging the competition caused by Covid-19 travel restrictions.

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Football Marketing

AS Monaco accelerates digital footprint with Line launch in Japan

February 18 – Ligue 1’s AS Monaco will become the first French club to launch on Japan’s Line social media platform when the club face Paris Saint-Germain this Sunday.

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Africa

Infantino opens African tour in Mauritania with CAF presidential hopeful Yahya

February 17 –  With politicking in the election of a new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in full flow, FIFA President Gianni Infantino has begun a tour of African nations with Mauritania his first stop.

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Coronavirus

Guardiola to release players for internationals but fears new spike in new Covid cases

February 17 – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola fears next month’s international break could reap Covid chaos on elite clubs but says he will not stop his players from travelling abroad.

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Law

Swiss prosecutors appeal acquittal of beIN’s Al-Khelaifi in World Cup TV rights case

February 17 – Swiss prosecutors are appealing the acquittal of Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi (pictured) on accusations of aggravated criminal mismanagement regarding the allocation of World Cup TV rights.

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Europe

Ukraine wait for CAS verdict over Swiss decision that cost its top tier status

February 17 – Ukraine’s appeal against UEFA’s decision to award Switzerland a 3-0 Nations League walkover win in November as a result of positive Covid-19 tests in the Ukrainian camp has been heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). But there is no update on any verdict.

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Europe

Inter, Atletico, Man City and OL to win. Juve, Real Madrid, PSG and Liverpool toppled

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February 17 – A new statistical model calculating the number of points clubs will have at the end of the season is predicting that the domestic long reigns of Juventus, PSG and Barca/Real Madrid will be over this season.

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Europe

PSG and Mbappé blast past Barca and Messi as old guard pushed towards CL exit

February 17 – Paris Saint-Germain stormed past FC Barcelona with a brilliant Kylian Mbappé hat-trick in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at the Nou Camp to knock the Catalans all but out of the competition.

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Broadcast

Beko sticks with Barca sponsorship but drops sleeve position

February 17 – Barcelona and Beko have extended their partnership by a year, but the parties have dropped the sleeve sponsorship rights in a re-worked sponsorship agreement. 

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Europe

Head cases: English ref squares off with Ipswich player…called Judge

February 17 – Players squaring up angrily and just stopping short of a headbutt is nothing new in football but it rarely centres on the referee.

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Match-fixing

Match-fixing game changer: Sportradar makes fraud detection system free to leagues

By Paul Nicholson

February 16 – In what could be a game-changing move in the battle against match-fixing, Sportradar is to make its Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS) available free of charge to sport organisations.

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Europe

UCL resumes with Neymar-less PSG at Barca and Liverpool on a season rescue mission

February 16 – UEFA’s Champions League whirs back into life tonight with the heavyweight round-of-sixteen clash between FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig hosting Liverpool in Budapest in one of a few fixtures where the home club had to relinquish the home advantage because of Covid-19 travel restrictions.

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