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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.
"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
"Infantino operates like a typical 21st-century autocrat: growing rich from what should be a position of public service, winning serial elections unopposed and ruling almost solo." @simonkuper.bsky.social on FIFA's patronage system and the man running it www.ft.com/content/8c0e...
Why Fifa’s Infantino is so hard to topple
As challengers emerge, patronage continues to underpin a tenacious presidency
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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...
"Infantino's hubris is a unique chance to rethink FIFA and take it back from the football oligarchs who are running it without accountability." @antoineduval.bsky.social in @faznet.bsky.social on the opportunity that exists to fix FIFA and how the EU can act. www.faz.net/aktuell/spor...
FIFA-Reform: Was Antoine Duval von der EU und UEFA fordert
Der Jurist Antoine Duval fordert seit Jahren andere FIFA-Strukturen. Er erklärt, warum der Anstoß dafür von der EU kommen muss und welches Angebot die UEFA machen sollte, um Infantino loszuwerden.
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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 · 5d 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...
"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...
"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).
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.
fotball.no
"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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Always a great pleasure to write for @josimarfootball.bsky.social this one on the Manchester City scandal and some critical points that have perhaps been missed or glossed over as 'human rights concerns' in the coverage to date. 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...
josimarfootball.com
And later join us at THE BRIDGE HOTEL at 7pm to hear leading Saudi human rights defender @maryamaldossari.bsky.social and other speakers, including from @newcastleaiuk.bsky.social and @nosauditoon.bsky.social All welcome!
Newcastle Amnesty UK@newcastleaiuk.bsky.social · last wk.7/10/26 Join us and @nosauditoon.bsky.social and @alqst.bsky.social to encourage #Newcastle Councillors to support #humanrights in #SaudiArabia Meet at Books for Amnesty, 92 Westgate Road NE1 4AF at 4.45 pm this Wednesday OR at Civic Centre at 5.15 pm.
This is starkest example of the war crime of “wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity“ in the 80 years since it was first codified and prosecuted at Nuremberg. A grave, continuing and tolerated breach of the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 2w agoViral reports this week suggested new Google satellite imagery showed unseen destruction in Gaza. But the imagery actually depicts the scene in February 2026. Bellingcat has obtained satellite images from September that show how the destruction has continued. www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-...
Burnham’s response to the Manchester City story may have been iffy, but wait until Farage gets asked about it - his party is in bed with the UAE… and he knows nothing about football
The moment of accountability has arrived at #ManCity doorstep. Important report from @fairsqprojects.bsky.social why it matters! @ciluna27.bsky.social
Nick McGeehan@ncgeehan.bsky.social · last wk.Can somebody please please please ask Nigel Farage or anyone from Reform what they think about the Manchester City case. I have an inkling they will think City have been hard done by. 👇 fairsq.org/petropopulis...
“He’s quiet...and he’s always everywhere.” If you were worried about the UAE owning a football club, be extremely worried about the role they're playing in AI, spearheaded by the shadowy Sheikh Tahnoon Al-Nahyan. Brilliant and timely long read from Jack Shenker. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Fixer, financier, spymaster: how the UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon is setting his sights on AI dominance
The long read: The Emirati royal is increasingly influential on the world stage. Some see him as a visionary. Others compare him to a Bond villain. Who is he?
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It is a colossal political failure to have encouraged the UAE to buy up swathes of the British economy and prized cultural assets like Manchester City while evidence of its greed and brutality and contempt for the rule of law was all around. Two @fairsqprojects.bsky.social reports worth reading 👇
Has UEFA lied to the Football Association of Ireland about its anti-racism rules and protocols? If so, it should be a big problem for UEFA and the Israel Football Association. But only if the FAI takes this seriously and puts this latest incident in context. A 🧵 www.rte.ie/sport/soccer...
FAI investigating alleged racial abuse of Idah
An alleged racist incident involving Ireland goalscorer Adam Idah during the Israel Nations League game is being assessed by the FAI.
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"A Reform London will remember you." That's what Nigel Farage told UAE officials at a private GB News party in Dubai in January. Our new report, 'Petropopulism', sets out the UAE's connections to Reform UK and the wider far right. Read the full report: fairsq.org/petropopulis... #politics #media
There should be space in the discussion of Manchester City's breach of Premiership rules for an examination of the UAE government's open contempt for rules and the dire and bloody consequences of their rule-breaking outside the realm of sport. A 🧵...
The Manchester City case has to be the moment we revisit the issue of state ownership of football clubs, and demand they be banned and phased out. In 2023 @fairsqprojects.bsky.social wrote to the then Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport making this argument. fairsq.org/fairsquare-c...
Fergal Keane: 'For Bazunu to refuse to play is a sacrifice that required immense moral courage. Ultimately, he was the lone voice who said no, and that will be remembered in the broken alleys of Gaza.'
The Premier League has joined forces with La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga to call for urgent governance reform at Fifa after the World Cup sell-off debacle (FFE) as Gianni Infantino prepares to seek a fourth term as President. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Top European leagues heighten pressure on Infantino with call for major changes at Fifa
The Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A have called for fundamental reform of Fifa, saying the organisation’s governance is ‘not fit for purpose’
theguardian.com
Reform UK's funding has made headlines this year. But its ties to the UAE have largely flown under the radar. Our new report maps how an oil-rich Gulf state with no elections has built links to Farage et al, and into the wider UK far right, including Tommy Robinson. fairsq.org/petropopulis...
In Dublin Wednesday evening to discuss the Ireland - Israel match and broader issues of football misgovernance. Harry Browne, @rebeccaokeefe.bsky.social and @seanmacr.bsky.social will be among those there. Do come along if you're around.
Two question for FIFA (and UEFA) - Will you commit to separation of commercial and regulatory powers? - Will you commit to a needs-based independently audited redistribution model? (Answer: no, they won't because this isn't about reform, it's about power.) www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Gianni Infantino: Fifa president open to reform and external review of football's governing body
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has proposed an external review of how world football's governing body operates. shifting tone as he seeks support to stay on.
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On FIFA and an independent review of governance after the Kushner debacle. When FIFA had oversight by world class governance experts in 2017 they all resigned in protest at Infantino ousting their colleague, Miguel Maduro, who had acted independently.
“I should have died first and then come apply for asylum” Bogumila Hall and Marina de Regt on how the Netherlands' asylum procedures further traumatise Yemenis fleeing conflict standplaatswereld.nl/yemen-is-not...
“Yemen is not safe”: Yemeni asylum seekers worried about the future
By Bogumila Hall and Marina de Regt – Recent clashes between the Houthis and anti-Houthi forces in Yemen have led to hundreds of “casualties”, thousands of wounded and tens of tho…
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