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Super League: Fifpro and European leagues call for reforms in football governance

“The current system of governance is no longer able to cope with the decisions that have to be taken,” FIFA Secretary General Jonas Baer-Hoffmann said at an event in Brussels. “Making big, constructive decisions has become practically impossible. It is time to make significant changes in the governance of football.”

The main representatives of the governing body of European football, UEFA, or the influential European Club Association (ECA), were not present. “We need everyone in the room for these discussions and unfortunately they are not here,” said Baer-Hoffmann.

Members of the continent’s leagues and organizations have complained about FIFA’s lack of dialogue regarding its proposal for a biennial World Cup, spurred by its director of world football development, Arsene Wenger.

This call from Fifpro and the European Leagues comes on the day when MEPs urged the establishment of mechanisms to protect continental football from a Super League-type threat.

The EU sports policy report also expressed its opposition to a biennial World Cup, saying “sports organizations must respect the established frequency of major international sporting events”.

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