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A football regulator is bad news for the beautiful game

25 April 2022

9:46 PM

25 April 2022

9:46 PM

It will stop shady oligarchs and brutal autocracies buying up clubs simply to whitewash their reputations. It will ensure financial stability and fair play between the teams. And it will protect local fans, many of whom have been standing on windswept terraces for years, from seeing their teams turned into mere units of anonymous global corporations. In

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