Four Top Leagues Demand FIFA Governance Reform

Four of Europe's biggest leagues have joined forces to tell FIFA its foundations need fixing.

What happened. The Bundesliga, LALIGA, Lega Calcio Serie A and the Premier League issued a joint statement titled "To Unify the Game, FIFA Must Reform". It argues FIFA's governance problem runs deeper than one individual and calls for fundamental reform.

• Leagues say FIFA's president promoted exploitative ideas instead of safeguarding the game.
• They want constitutional boundaries restored and disciplinary matters insulated from political interference.
• The statement says FIFA's president holds too much regulatory, commercial and political power without checks.

“FIFA's governance problem goes far beyond the role of one individual.”

— Joint league statement

The leagues argue football cannot grow globally if FIFA's foundations stay undermined, pressing for deeper governance change.

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