SoftBank named as one of Infantino’s $25bn FIFA buyout backers

By Paul Nicholson

April 12 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino was reluctant to divulge detail of the $25 billion buyout bid for the Club World Cup and a Nations League competition to his own stakeholders at FIFA Council and to European clubs, but it appears the guys with the money have fewer qualms over releasing more of the detail of their proposal.

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Legal comment: Derby County rush to blame – but will it be an own goal?

Derby County

April 12 – The Beautiful Game. A matter more serious than life or death, if you believe Mr Shankley. However, far from complementing the beauty of the game, off-field misdemeanours within the business of football are increasingly stealing the headlines. This time the scandal hitting the headlines concerns Derby County FC and Sam Rush, its former President and CEO.  The Rams dismissed Mr Rush for gross misconduct and breach of fiduciary duty in May 2017.

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