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Video ref ‘confusion’ snags trials at Club World Cup in Japan

December 16 – FIFA’s new video review system, championed by those who have long argued goalline technology alone does not go far enough, has not got off to the most auspicious of starts.

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Finance

A £60m Oscar sale could make up for lack of Euro revenue at table-topping Chelsea

By David Owen

December 16 – It is a situation that encapsulates the globalisation of top-class football in the 21st century: the sale of Brazilian midfielders to China is promising to have a transformative effect on the financial performance of a West London club controlled by a Russian businessman.

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Football Marketing

Liverpool close in on 30m Facebook mark while Instagram powers on

December 16 – Instagram continues to be the social media growth engine for Premier League clubs with new followers up by 376,700 over the past week, a 40% increase on the 273,100 rise the previous week. In contrast week-on-week growth of Twitter followers and Facebook like were down across the league.

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Concacaf

Navas, Dempsey, Ruiz and Chicarito battle for CONCACAF awards

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December 16 – Fan voting has opened for the CONCACAF annual awards, the fourth time the awards have been held.

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Concacaf

MLS has plenty of room for growth but needs to tweak structure, suggests report

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December 16 – The MLS ended its 2016 season with a series of record numbers from attendance to bigger and better TV deals. A stark contrast to the second tier NASL that is struggling for survival.

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FIFA

Niersbach loses ban appeal as German 2006 World Cup probe continues

Niersbach-Beckenbauer

December 16 – As widely anticipated, German football supremo Wolfgang Niersbach, not so long ago touted as a possible UEFA president in succession to Michel Platini, has lost his appeal against a one-year ban in relation to Germany’s 2006 World Cup bid.

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Federations

Football hotbed Goa loses spot at Indian football federation’s top table

By Samindra Kunti

December 16 – One of the regional heartbeats of Indian football, Goa, is becoming alienated from the domestic game, as three clubs from the region have withdrawn from the I-league and the executive committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has axed its Goa
representative. 

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Football Marketing

Barca joins Man Utd on Deezer music streaming platform

December 16 – Music streaming platform Deezer is hoovering up the world’s biggest club football brands. Hard on the deals of the announcement of a deal to become Manchester United’s official music partner earlier this week, it has now unveiled FC Barcelona as a partner.

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FIFA

FIFA wins CAS appeal to secure 4-year ban for Saudi star Noor

December 16 – Former Saudi Arabia international Mohammed Noor, one of his country’s most successful players, has been handed a four-year ban for doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

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Finance

Football Benchmark adds EFL data to its club intelligence bank

December 15 – Football Benchmark, the sports analysis and data arm of the accountancy and consultancy specialists KPMG, has expanded its database of club financial information to more than 150 clubs with the addition of the English Football League (EFL) Championship.

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Premier League

Premier League mid-week matches bring early Xmas cheer to clubs

December 15 – The Premier League pre-Christmas rush of matches – three games in eight days – has had very little impact on attendance levels, with eight clubs reporting over 93% of their stadiums full.

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Europe

UEFA re-thinks CL club ranking and adds £50m to Europa League prize pool

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By Andrew Warshaw

December 15 – Potentially vital concessions have been made by UEFA aimed at pacifying Europe’s leagues over their fierce opposition to proposed changes to the Champions League.

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Concacaf

NY Cosmos face another stellar fall, unless O’Brien finds a new magic trick

By Samindra Kunti and Paul Nicholson

December 15 – The news that New York Cosmos owner Seamus O’Brien has cut playing and coaching staff and trimmed operational overhead at the club just days after winning the North American Soccer League (NASL) is a hammer blow to the league that is desperately scrambling to sign up new clubs for the 2017 season.

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FIFA

Rummenigge leads Europe’s clubs in saying ‘No!’ to expanding World Cup

Karl-Heinz Rummennigge

By Andrew Warshaw

December 15 – Any suggestion that Gianni Infantino will get an easy ride over his plans to expand the World Cup has been called into question with Europe’s clubs issuing a hard-hitting statement warning of the consequences.

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FIFA

FIFA uses video ref for first time in competition play at Club World Cup

December 15 – Football history was made Wednesday during the Club World Cup semifinal in Japan as the semi-final became the first official fixture to make use of video technology to award a penalty.

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