More 💥 💥 Infantino revelations from @martynziegler.bsky.social including detail that a firm apparently linked to Infantino paid millions below market rate for a Miami property purchased from a salsa singer who had been made a FIFA ambassador. 🕺 www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...

Revealed: how Fifa failed to disclose Gianni Infantino’s second salary

A Times investigation shows Fifa president has been receiving millions in undisclosed payments, with claims he used the money to fund luxury Miami lifestyle

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Fifa has paid 4 million USD in rent for its (most often empty) office in the Trump Tower. #thepeoplesgame

Un bureau de la FIFA dans la Trump Tower pour 4 millions de dollars de loyer, symbole des liens forts entre Infantino et Trump

Selon des documents dont « Le Monde » a pris connaissance, la Fédération internationale de football a consenti, en 2025, à verser à la société Trump Tower Commercial LLC un loyer total de près de 4 mi...

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Okay, so Reform is now actively advocating for the armed forces to murder unarmed civilians as official policy. At what point does the media at large stop treating these people as anything but fascistic far right thugs who under any normal functioning system would be condemned as extremists.

Gareth Davies@garethtbij.bsky.social · 24h ago

They want to create a 'Deportation Command' and the 'Migrant Identification Centre'. Their Chancellor in waiting is comfortable telling TalkTV that the Navy should be allowed to use 'lethal force' against migrants www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

The extent to which every imagined tenet of a decent society is just being ground to pulp by a legion of unscrupulous racist bastards with their hands in the pockets of billionaire tyrants...

Nick McGeehan@ncgeehan.bsky.social · 7h ago

A reminder that Manchester City's UAE owners are playing footsy with the UK far-right, have been credibly accused of torturing scores of UK citizens, deployed an assassin to UK soil, and probably hacked 10 Downing Street. And unlike Man City, we publish our evidence 👇 fairsq.org/petropopulis...

🚨🚨Super important report🚨🚨

Nick McGeehan@ncgeehan.bsky.social · 7h ago

A reminder that Manchester City's UAE owners are playing footsy with the UK far-right, have been credibly accused of torturing scores of UK citizens, deployed an assassin to UK soil, and probably hacked 10 Downing Street. And unlike Man City, we publish our evidence 👇 fairsq.org/petropopulis...

A reminder that Manchester City's UAE owners are playing footsy with the UK far-right, have been credibly accused of torturing scores of UK citizens, deployed an assassin to UK soil, and probably hacked 10 Downing Street. And unlike Man City, we publish our evidence 👇 fairsq.org/petropopulis...

Petropopulism: FairSquare publishes new report on UAE links to Reform UK and the far-right

A new report from FairSquare highlights the extensive links between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the UK’s Reform party and the far-right, and calls for the UAE to be added to the “Enhanced Tier”...

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In 2013 Manchester City's UAE owners helped decide how a UK council handled a Freedom of Information request. When our director @ncgeehan.bsky.social asked for details of the Etihad Campus deal they flagged his background to the Council. This is why States shouldn't be allowed to own football clubs.

I get the closing of ranks, but the lionisation of people like Khaldoon Al-Mubarak is really odious given who he works for and what his job entails. These are very bad, very dangerous people and they work for a state that is responsible for death and destruction of a scale that's hard to fathom.

Jack Bernhardt@jackbern.bsky.social · 2d ago

one of the most cursed images I've ever seen

"Aleksander Čeferin's announcement that he will stand for a fourth term as UEFA President shows again that he is cut from the same cloth as Gianni Infantino, and is further evidence that the crisis in football governance extends far beyond FIFA." rebootfifa.com

Whatever one thinks about this place, all of the larger ones, controlled by Zuckerberg & Musk, are nothing but giant propaganda/misinformation/porn/surveillance machines owned by oligarchs actively collaborating with fascists.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d ago

Was just on Threads and this was my "For you" algorithm when I posted a comment debunking the story. Say what you will about BlueSky being a bubble, but its not designed to enrage and deceive its users

"Glory to the youth" Seen in Paris during the ongoing student uprising across the country.

The man with artificial hair, teeth, doctor’s reports, lifts in his shoes, scalp reduction surgery, a girdle, and a painted orange face claims we’re his enemy if we use the word “artificial.”

Aleksander Ceferin, the UEFA president, said he would “lead by example” and not stand more than three terms to set a good example. Now that third term is coming to an end, guess what? Aleksander Ceferin is standing four a fourth term at the same time he has called for better governance at FIFA. 😵‍💫

I've talked about this before, but it is very hard when you see how moral red lines are drawn, and the complete gutting of trans people's civil rights is entirely within an accepted norm and barely remarked upon even by many progressives.

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 5d ago

It's just accepted as normal that the UK hates trans people and that's ok. It doesn't even register as something to be concerned about when most cis people are talking about the state of the country. Tired.

Ceferin's decision to run for a fourth term as president exposes UEFA's commitment to reform as a sham. Presidential term limit evasion is one of the defining characteristics of the worst authoritarian states. (It's also quite prevalent in organised crime.) freedomhouse.org/report/speci...

Overstaying Their Welcome: The Problem of Presidential Term Limit Evasion

Around the world, power-hungry heads of state are increasingly circumventing term-limit restrictions. These efforts can have lasting consequences for a country’s democratic trajectory.

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The circumvention or extension of presidential term limits "enables power-hungry presidents to undermine institutions, appoint loyalists and relatives, and enrich themselves and their allies": @freedomhouse.bsky.social Aleksander Čeferin and Gianni Infantino would make it onto their list of shame

One of the many reasons you should consider supporting our rebootfifa.com campaign is we have outstanding legal advisors, including @antoineduval.bsky.social, the subject of this profile in FAZ and one of many scholars who believes the EU can exert real influence on FIFA. www.faz.net/aktuell/spor...

The coda to this is a senior Man City exec proving they have always had total contempt for anyone seeking to question their activities. bsky.app/profile/ncge...

Nick McGeehan@ncgeehan.bsky.social · 6d ago

"I want to disrupt momentum" Manchester City's response to my FOI to Manchester City Council was reported in Der Spiegel's "football leaks". Not only did the council flag my background to the club, the club dictated terms on the release of the information. www.spiegel.de/internationa...

“The only sensible solution at this point is a moratorium on datacentres until very basic questions about how many we need, what for, where, and how pollution will be avoided are answered satisfactorily by the government” - @olliehayes.bsky.social 👏

Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights

Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year

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If only someone had written a book detailing the stories of weak regulation in football - not to mention the complicity of politicians dazzled by money from overseas - all of which led us to the #MCFC debacle. Oh, wait... subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/wtmg/

Where's The Money Gone? – Byline Times

Where’s The Money Gone? The Battle for the Soul of English Football By Adrian Goldberg Oil sheikhs. Hedge fund billionaires. Media moguls. How did the so-called ‘people’s game’ fall into the hands of ...

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By the most generous interpretation, this shows a public official who has lost sight of in whose interests they are supposed to exercise their authority.

Nick McGeehan@ncgeehan.bsky.social · 6d ago

"Suggest you google this guy" Manchester City Council responded to my 2013 Freedom of Information request for details of their deal with Manchester City by flagging my background to City's chief communications officer. Deeply inappropriate (and that's being generous).

"Suggest you google this guy" Manchester City Council responded to my 2013 Freedom of Information request for details of their deal with Manchester City by flagging my background to City's chief communications officer. Deeply inappropriate (and that's being generous).

Thrilled to announce that today is publication day for *Athlete and Activist: 28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game*, a book I co-wrote with Alex C. Davis & @amirarose.bsky.social, featuring the🔥artwork of Martin French. Published by @illinoispress.bsky.social www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

The Norwegian Football Federation has submitted two parallel filings to FIFA concerning the FIFA Peace Prize, the Balogun affair, and the FIFA Forward Enterprise (“FFE”) project. One addresses conduct of Gianni Infantino, the other governance and process. 👏👏👏 www.fotball.no/tema/nff-nyh...

NFF Submits Ethics Complaint and Governance Referral to FIFA

The Norwegian Football Association (NFF) has formally submitted two separate filings to FIFA.

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My piece in @josimarfootball.bsky.social on what explains the UAE's aggressive legal strategy in the Manchester City case. It's what they do and they have consistently gotten away with it. josimarfootball.com/2026/10/05/m...

Over the moon to announce that The National's campaign, Refugees Are Welcome Here, has been shortlisted for this year's Making A Difference Award by the News Media Association.

"Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms." New op-ed for @josimarfootball.bsky.social by @ncgeehan.bsky.social of reboot.fifa and @fairsqprojects.bsky.social.

Mob Rule - josimarfootball.com

Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms. By Nick McGeehan, the dir...

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City’s slick public relations machine has helped sell us the comfortable delusion that whatever is happening somewhere over *there* isn’t happening *here*. As this case is finally revealing in full, the UAE’s abuse of power is happening right on our doorstep. josimarfootball.com/2026/10/05/m...

Mob Rule - josimarfootball.com

Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms. By Nick McGeehan, the dir...

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Ny! New! Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms. By @ncgeehan.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2026/10/05/m...

Mob Rule - josimarfootball.com

Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms. By Nick McGeehan, the dir...

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