Covid-19: "The estimated impact of the disruption was around $14bn (€11.8bn)" (Olli Rehn, FIFA)

"The estimated impact of the disruption (due to Covid-19) was around $14bn (€11.8bn). The baseline assumption is that roughly a third of the football economy, which is worth $40-45bn (€33.8-38.1bn) a year, has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic to date. Of course, the consequences are still being felt," said Olli Rehn (FIN), chairman of the FIFA Covid-19 Relief Plan steering committee, on 16/09/2020.

The health and economic crisis caused by the pandemic will inevitably be on everyone's mind and will be discussed during the 70^th FIFA Congress, which was held for the first time in the form of a videoconference, live from the headquarters in Zurich (SUI), on Friday 18/09/2020 from 15:00 CET (agenda available to download).

"At the peak of the pandemic, football had completely stopped in all but four of FIFA's 211 member associations. It had a very dramatic impact. FIFA started immediately to gather data from member associations, confederations and other stakeholders, including clubs and players (to assess the impact on global football)," explained Rehn who is also governor of the…