What began with Gianni Infantino’s ill-conceived plan to sell off a share of the rights to future World Cups to a private investment group, linked to US President Donald Trump, has now escalated to the
When Gianni Infantino floated the idea of selling a stake in the commercial rights to the FIFA World Cup, the proposal was met with disbelief and outrage in many corners of football. Although he was
Finally, even by Gianni Infantino’s audacious standards, he went too far. Arguably, the FIFA president had crossed the Rubicon long before. The way that human rights abuses in Russia and Qatar in 2018 and 2022
There was a time when the FIFA World Cup belonged to football. It generated enormous revenues, but those revenues were a consequence of staging the world's greatest sporting event rather than the purpose of it.
Enzo Fernandez has cast serious doubts as to his long-term future as a Chelsea player. Asked after Chelsea’s exit from the Champions League as to whether he would at the club next season, the Argentine
Chelsea insist that striker Nicolas Jackson is not for sale. There were reports that the West London club were open to letting him go, amidst reported interest in the Senegal striker from clubs in Saudi
Unlike in normal years, there will be two transfer windows this summer, and the first of these is set to open on June 1st. That is to primarily to allow clubs competing in the Club
FIFA has just announced that this year’s Club World Cup will offer record prize money for a domestic club competition. The 32 participating sides will be entitled to over US $1 billion between them, although
Continuing the series looking at some of the dirtiest matches in football history. For Part One click here, and Part Two here. In 1967 it was the tun of Celtic from Scotland to represent Europe
The hosts of Euro 2016 will be amongst the favourites to win the tournament. Didier Deschamps has assembled a strong unit that is littered with quality players across all areas of the pitch. Tottenham Hotspur