United Kingdom: plans to tighten requirements for club owners & senior directors

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The new Independent Football Regulator (IFR), created by The Football Governance Act 2025 enacted on 21/07/2025, has introduced a draft Owners, Directors and Senior Executives test (ODSE test) to tighten the requirements for club owners and senior executives, according to the UK Government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport website on...

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The project is aimed at "club owners and senior executives" - ©  D.R.

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