San Siro’s day numbered. Milan clubs unveil designs for €650m new stadium
September 27 – AC Milan and Internazionale have unveiled two shortlisted designs for a new 60,000-seat stadium next to their iconic San Siro home.
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Bury-ied. EFL clubs reject club’s re-entry to League Two
September 27 – The demise of Bury is complete. A proposal for the expelled English League One club to be readmitted a division lower next season has been rejected by the English Football League’s 71 member clubs.
Best practice. Salah’s lost Egyptian votes rejected over ‘unsigned’ ballot forms
September 27 – FIFA have responded to the Egyptian FA’s (EFA) request for an explanation over the missing votes for their Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah at this week’s Best FIFA Men’s Player award saying the voting forms were not properly signed.
FIFA cuts agent transfer commissions and restricts club loan deals
September 26 – FIFA has announced a series of measures to restrict fees paid to players’ agents and the number of overseas loans that can be made as part of an initiative to regulate the transfer market.
CFG grows its Man City deal with EA Sports to cover all its clubs worldwide
September 26 – Manchester City owners City Football Group has beefed up its club partnership with video game maker EA Sports, tuning it into a global deal across all seven of its owned clubs.
MLS overturns ban on anti-Nazi Iron Front symbol
September 26 – Major League Soccer is lifting its ban on the Iron Front symbol, an anti-Nazi symbol, for the remainder of the season and the playoffs after sustained protests from fan groups.
TEAM launch sponsorship sales for 2021-24 UEFA club competitions
September 26 – The sales processes for UEFA’s club competitions for the 2021-24 commercial cycle has been launched following approval of the sponsorship ‘concepts’ by UEFA’s executive committee.
UEFA urges boycott of clubs and countries where women aren’t allowed in stadia
By Andrew Warshaw
September 25 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has urged European nations and clubs to boycott playing in countries where women are forbidden from attending men’s matches.
Ceferin targets match-fixing and broadcast piracy in push to protect game
September 25 – Two separate initiatives, one targeting match-fixing, the other pirate broadcasting, are being launched by UEFA.
Germany and Croatia saved as UEFA expands Nations League top tier to 16 teams
September 26 – UEFA has confirmed a reshuffle in the format of the second Nations League, offering a reprieve to Germany, Croatia, Poland and Iceland who would have been relegated from the top tier of the competition for its second edition in 2020.
UEFA unveils 32-team Conference League for 2021 kick off
September 25 – UEFA has unveiled further details of its third tier club competition, the UEFA Conference League, which will be introduced in the 2021/22 season.
Bundesliga and Vodafone trial 5G mobile app at Wolfsburg
September 25 – Germany’s Bundesliga has tested the first applications of its 5G mobile stadia plan with Vodafone at Vfl Wolfsburg’s Volkswagen Arena as part of a live demonstration for their home game against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
UEFA to consider expanding top tier of Nations League
September 24 – Governing body UEFA is considering a shakeup of the Nations League by expanding the top tier of the competition.
Thomas Cook collapse hits fans booked to follow English clubs in Europe
September 24 – Hundreds of fans are awaiting news on whether packages for upcoming games will be valid following the collapse this week of the Thomas Cook travel company.
Leo bests Ronnie, Rapinoe bests the lot with inequality speech at FIFA Awards
September 24 – Same old, nothing new. Lionel Messi, with almost weary predictability, won the top men’s player prize at the Best FIFA Football Awards in Milan on Monday as Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk, the two other short-listed nominees, missed out – the former staying away from the glittering but stuttering ceremony that somehow managed to lurch on to national broadcaster TV screens last night.