Serie A’s Genoa sold to US investors 777Partners for $178m
September 24 – Genoa, Italy’s oldest professional football club, has become the sixth team in Serie A to come under US ownership. Two other clubs in Serie A have foreign ownership.
Gold Cup 2025
No more Mr Guy: Marsch respects disciplinary process as he embeds culture of ruthlessness in Canada
June 20 – Under fire Canada coach Jesse Marsch who is facing disciplinary action following his behaviour at Canada’s opening game of the Gold Cup, said “there’s a process in place and I respect that”.
UEFA blasts FIFA’s biennial plan as PR driven, and holding ‘real danger’ for world football
By Andrew Warshaw
September 23 – UEFA’s opposition to the idea of a biennial World Cup has moved into overdrive with a hard-hitting demand to FIFA to stop publicising the controversial idea before engaging in “genuine consultation”.
Atletico Madrid’s Gil slams FIFA biennial plans as doing ‘great damage’
By Samindra Kunti
September 23 – Atletico Madrid CEO Miguel Angel Gil Marin has slammed global governing body FIFA’s plans for a biennial World Cup, with the current row in the game causing “irreversible damage” in his view.
Premier League takes a step closer to safe standing with trial plans for this season
September 23 – Fans are going to be allowed to stand at selected Premier League and Championship stadiums later this season for the first time in more than 25 years as part of a pilot scheme.
Club Leon take Leagues Cup title in a competition that is about to change forever
September 23 – The second and last of North America’s Leagues Cup in its current format – an eight-team competition between the top MLS and LigaMX clubs – was played out last night in the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Wanted by Interpol, Suriname’s Brunswijk cameos in Concacaf League match
September 23 – Concacaf have launched a probe into Suriname vice-president Ronnie Brunswijk’s eventful cameo for his club Inter Moengotapoe in a Concacaf League match against Honduran side CD Olimpia.
Samoura leads debate in Nigeria on expansion of Africa’s women’s game
September 23 – While FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been walking the halls of the UN and the financial district of New York, meeting with heads of state and financiers, FIFA’s general secretary Fatma Samoura has been treading the path of women’s football in Africa.
UEFA doubles Women’s Euro 2022, prize money; increases men’s club solidarity payments
September 23 – UEFA’s Executive Committee has doubled the prize money for the Women’s Euro 2022 championships as well as revamping its solidarity payments for the men’s club game.
Premier League set for first ever 6-week winter break for Qatar 2022 World Cup
September 23 – The English Premier League looks set to break for an unprecedented six weeks to incorporate the 2022 World Cup, the first ever to be staged in winter.
John Obi Mikel’s Kuwait City set up West zone final with Bahrain’s Muharraq Club
September 23 – Kuwait SC in the AFC’s West zone and Uzbekistan’s FC Nasaf in the Central zone will fill the two remaining regional final slots in the AFC Cup to be played in October.
Flamengo seize advantage as they target all-Brazilian Copa Libertadores final
September 29 – Flamengo are on the brink of reaching the Copa Libertadores final for a second time in three years after a comprehensive 2-0 first-leg semi-final win against Ecuador’s Barcelona, courtesy of a Bruno Henrique brace.
Derby docked 12 points as losses mount and administrator scrambles to find a buyer
September 22 – Derby County, league champions twice in the 1970s and one of the grand old teams of English football, have been hit with a 12-point deduction after falling into administration.
Concacaf shakes up club comps with radical new Champions League structure topping the bill
By Paul Nicholson
September 22 – Concacaf has unveiled a major expansion of its Champions League and its club competition structures that completely overhaul existing formats and significantly beef up its three individual regions and bring them into a joined up system.
Waiting for Webb
September 6 – Former Concacaf president and FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb, who was scooped up in the FBI raids on the Bar au Lac hotel in Zurich will not be sentenced until December 7, more than six years after his arrest in May 2015.
USL expands again with launch of second tier pro-women’s league
September 22 – The United Soccer League has announced the launch of a professional women’s league that will operate as the second tier of women’s club soccer in the US.