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FIFA: "Michel Platini cannot make a change because he is also part of the system" (Javier Tebas)

"Football is in hands of bureaucrats. For a revolution to happen, it is not enough to change the rules or change committees, we need a cultural revolution. Michel Platini (FRA) cannot make a change because he is also part of the system, though not at the same level," said Javier Tebas, president…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 53213
• Published on 07/10/15 at 14:59
©  Florian Eckl
FIFA: Franz Beckenbauer supports the Tokyo Sexwale as a possible presidential candidate

"I certainly believe that the German Football Association would support his (Tokyo Sexwale's) candidacy. It has the air of neutrality, and therefore I think it would be a good solution," said Franz Beckenbauer, the honorary president of FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) and former member of the FIFA…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 53173
• Published on 07/10/15 at 10:09
©  D.R.
FIFA: "If Michel Platini is elected, I would like to work with him" (Zico)

"Michel Platini has done a very good job as UEFA president. We are friends and we have a lot in common. If he is elected, I would like to work on his team, as I hope he would like to work on mine if I am elected. However, the concentration of power and wealth in Europe is very dangerous for the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 53110
• Published on 06/10/15 at 16:44
©  D.R.
Georgia: former international Levan Kobiashvili elected president of the Federation

Levan Kobiashvili was elected president of the GFF (Georgian Football Federation) at the Congress of the federation in Tbilisi (GEO), on 03/10/2015. Levan Kobiashvili (38 years old), a former Georgian international (100 caps between 1996 and 2011), was elected with 18 votes against 15 for Revaz…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 53015
• Published on 05/10/15 at 18:09
©  AFC
FIFA: "The thought of being a candidate had not crossed my mind" (Sheikh Salman, AFC president)

"I have noted recent media speculation that my name has been suggested by others but, while I would like to thank them for their trust and confidence in my leadership, the thought of being a candidate in 2016 had not crossed my mind," wrote Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (BHR), president of the AFC…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 52994
• Published on 05/10/15 at 17:35
FIFA: the German League calls for a "credible explanation" from Michel Platini

"What Platini has told us so far is just not enough. Michel Platini has to give a credible explanation to the public and football fans -- and that is the emphasis: 'credible'. In his letter, he wrote a sentence that I did not like at all: that he does not want to comment further as it is an…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 52925
• Published on 05/10/15 at 10:59
FIFA: in an open letter, Zico asks the Ethics Committee to "not omit anything"

"The criminal proceedings opened by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland against the FIFA president require immediate clarification! Even more so because it involves UEFA president and FIFA presidential candidate, Michel Platini," said the Brazilian Zico, FIFA presidential candidate…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 52851
• Published on 02/10/15 at 15:10
©  LP
France: LFP and Lyon file complaints against X regarding an article in Le Parisien about salaries

"In an article published this Thursday 01/10/2015, the newspaper Aujourd’hui en France - Le Parisien suggests that the LFP would release confidential data on the wages of some players of Olympique Lyonnais," said the League in a statement procured by News Tank Football on 01/10/2015. "These…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 52846
• Published on 02/10/15 at 13:15
©  D.R.
FIFA: English FA still supports Michel Platini, despite "issues which do need to be fully examined"

"In July, The FA Board decided unanimously to support Michel Platini if he intended to stand for the Presidency of FIFA. We did so because we thought he was an excellent President of UEFA and could bring those same leadership qualities to FIFA. We are still of that view," stated the English…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 52771
• Published on 01/10/15 at 17:05
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FIFA: Chung Mong-joon wants an emergency taskforce to temporarily manage the international body

"FIFA and the regional confederations should consider convening extraordinary sessions of their respective executive committees as well as congresses to set up an emergency taskforce that will enable the FIFA secretariat to function without interruption," said the South Korean Chung Mong-joon, a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 52759
• Published on 01/10/15 at 15:39