England national teams, English Premier League clubs face Euro, UEFA champions league ban over government interference
By Abdulgafar Oladimeji
UEFA says that England risk been banned from all UEFA competitions over its plan to proceed with independent football regulations.
The UEFA sanction of England FA , if takes place would automatically culminate to the ban of the England men’s national team from Euro 2028 campaigns .
The ban could also extend to EPL clubs been barred from taking part in UEFA club competitions, including UEFA champions league .
UEFA Secretary General Theorore Theodoridis, in a missive , copy made available to the media, stated categorically that there should be ‘no government interference in the running of football.
The letter written to UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, said , ‘One particular area of concern stems from one of UEFA’s fundamental requirements, which is that there should be ‘no government interference in the running of football.’
‘We have specific rules that guard against this in order to guarantee the autonomy of sport and fairness of sporting competition; the ultimate sanction for which would be excluding the federation from UEFA and teams from competition.’
The UK Government had disclosed plans for what it called ‘Football Governance Bill’, to give way for an independent regulator of the top five tiers of English football – the Premier League, EFL Championship, League One, League Two and the National League.
The bill is said to be framed to enhance financial sustainability within clubs, greater fans representation for fans and to also forestall breaking away from the leagues.
