June 16 – A new survey released this week suggests that the Big 6 clubs who pursued new European Super League (ESL) riches should be looking closer to home for a significant and less stressful push for more money.
June 15 – UEFA looks poised to agree €1.3 million in compensation to Bilbao for the late removal of Euro 2020 hosting from the Basque city’s San Mamés stadium to Seville. The decision was taken once it became clear Bilbao would not allow spectators at matches.
June 15 – UEFA has agreed a five year global partnership for blockchain technology with AntChain, the blockchain subsidiary of Ant Group which also owns AliPay, who are already three years into an eight year sponsorship with UEFA.
June 10 – In an unexpected blow to its pride, UEFA has been forced to suspend disciplinary proceedings against Super League rebel clubs Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid.
June 9 – Hungary will not take the knee before Euro 2020 matches, the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) has announced.
June 9 – Debbie Hewitt is set to become the first female chair of the English Football Association in its 158-year-old history after being nominated to replace Greg Clarke.
June 9 – Italy’s Serie A and telecoms giant TIM have extended their partnership with a new three-season deal, taking the sponsorship deal beyond the 25-year mark.
June 8 – In a potentially significant twist to the European Super League fallout, Spanish media are reporting that the Swiss Ministry of Justice has barred both UEFA and FIFA – which are based in Switzerland – from taking premature sanctions against the aborted league’s remaining founder members.
June 8 – A Turkish court has sentenced a media executive and a former police chief to more than 1,000 years each in prison for conspiring to bring match-fixing charges against top-flight Fenerbahce.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 7 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferinhas issued a no-holds-barred rebuke of his one-time friend and colleague Andrea Agnelli, saying he is no longer on speaking terms with the Juventus boss for his alleged duplicity over involvement in the European Super League.
June 7 – Retail behemoth Anders Holch Povlsen has invested in leading Danish outfit FC Midtjylland to obtain 25% of the shares and become the club’s second largest shareholder after owner Matthew Benham.
June 4 – Having missed out on the Champions League final for two straight years because of Covid-19, Istanbul has again been snubbed in favour of Belfast for August’s traditional Super Cup fixture, this time between Chelsea and Villareal.
June 4 – France will downsize its top tier Ligue 1 from 20 to 18 clubs in the 2023-24 season. The decision was taken at the LFP’s general assembly and is an immediate consequence of the crisis in French football since the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak.
June 3 – England manager Gareth Southgate criticised England fans who disgracefully jeered players for taking a knee before Wednesday’s friendly against Austria.
June 2 – Oliver Kahn will succeed longstanding Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge at the end of the season, the German club have confirmed.