By Andrew Warshaw
November 21 – Europe’s new Nations League competition, designed to do away with meaningless friendlies, has proven far more successful than UEFA imagined, according to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin.
November 21 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has admitted that “weak” aspects of Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules are potentially allowing clubs to exploit loopholes and says the system will be tightened up.
November 21 – UEFA looks set to fast-track the implementation of video assistant referees (VAR) for the knockout stages of this season’s Champions League after growing pressure to fall into line with most of Europe’s domestic leagues and following the system’s success at the World Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 20 – Without mentioning Gianni Infantino by name, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin today issued a veiled attack on what he described as “secret” deals orchestrated by his opposite number at FIFA as the row over an alleged plan to sell off FIFA’s World Cup rights as part of a $25 billion deal with a consortium linked to Saudi Arabia escalated.
November 20 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has made his most categoric statement to date against the idea of a European Super League.
November 20 – No Germany, no Spain – and now no France. It may be premature to suggest that the power in European football is shifting but few would have predicted the four finalists of the inaugural Nations League competition.
November 19 – England, Switzerland and Portugal emerged as the big winners at the weekend as the new Nations League competition, initially derided by many as being unwieldy and over-complicated, took centre stage.
November 15 – European clubs have promised to stay unified with UEFA on the future of competitions such as the Champions League amid reports that a breakaway Super League could soon emerge.
November 15 – With Brexit deals for the formal separation of the UK from Europe in full debate, the English Football Association (FA) has entered the fray with a proposal to cut the number of foreign players in Premier League squads.
November 14 – The international players’ union FIFPro says it will oppose any attempt to ban its members if they take part in an elite-only European Super league even though it says it is against the principle of a breakaway.
November 14 – AC Milan and Internazionale, bitter rivals who share the same San Siro stadium, have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding underwriting their willingness to work together towards the construction of a new shared stadium.
November 9 – France’s Human Rights League says it will file a legal complaint against Paris Saint Germain (PSG) following yet more exposure from Football Leaks into the club’s way of operating, this time over alleged racism within its scouting system.
November 9 – Players and officials from Turkish arch rivals Galatasaray and Fenerbahce have been suspended for up to eight matches by the Turkish FA’s disciplinary board (PFDK) after a mass brawl broke out at the end of last Friday’s Super League fixture.
November 9 – UEFA has opened up the tender process for official Euro 202 hospitality sales agents –the territories available exclude England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
November 8 – Aleksander Ceferin looks set to rule UEFA for another four years after European football’s ruling body confirmed today the Slovenian is the sole candidate for next February’s elections.