UEFA: Convention focused on financial sustainability, competitiveness, governance & women's football

• "How to optimise financial sustainability and responsibility within European football and identify measures to promote cost control mechanisms and sensible financial management?
• How to strengthen competitiveness, solidarity distributions and player development to maintain a competitive balance at all levels.
• What measures can be taken to safeguard the European sports model and pyramid structure? • How to accelerate the professionalisation and sustainability of women's football."

These are the "four key issues facing professional football" that "independent experts" are focusing on in four working groups as part of the "Convention on the Future of European Football" organised by UEFA, announced the European body on 14/09/2021.

"For each topic, the working groups will identify collaborative and comprehensive actions that support both the short and long-term positive development of the entire European football pyramid," explained UEFA.

The convention opened on 09 and 10/09/2021 and will close with plenary sessions. "With this convention process we will talk to each other, listen to…