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
There are moments in life when silence speaks louder than words. This was one of them. As Gianni Infantino pushed his controversial plan to allow private investment in FIFA's flagship competitions, opposition gathered at remarkable
The World Cup is meant to be a celebration of football, and FIFA the custodian of the global game. Squaring that away with how they have conducted and acted in the run-up to this World
The transfer market is under existential threat from a European Court ruling which could see massive fees for players become a thing of the past. Last October the European Court ruled that Russian club Lokomotiv
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
In the coming weeks, literally billions of dollars will be bet on the World Cup in Qatar, in virtually every country where it is legal (and in many where, strictly speaking, it is against the
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled in favour of Arsenal in a dispute about sell-on clauses they inserted into agreements when selling two players. The players in question were striker Chuba Akpom
FIFA have released figures for the amount of money spent on clubs worldwide on summer transfers, and it has shown a sharp drop due to the pandemic. The overall number of transfers was also down.
The Football Association is taking the world’s governing body, FIFA, to court. The case relates to the two window transfer ban handed out to Chelsea in February 2019 for breaching the rules on signing players
The murmurs have steadily grown to whispers. These whispers have lead to clandestine meetings in secretive venues across Europe. Representatives from the biggest football clubs on the continent have increasingly met and discussed a new