Platini demands EU protection
By Andrew Warshaw
September 25 – UEFA President Michel Platini (pictured right) wants the European Union to protect his organisation against civil court cases brought by clubs in the wake of the FC Sion affair.
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Platini ordered to give evidence to Swiss court in Sion case
By Andrew Warshaw
September 24 – UEFA President Michel Platini has been summoned to appear in court to answer claims that FC Sion were uinfairly expelled from the Europa League, according to the Swiss club.
Exclusive: Barcelona and Real Madrid will win the Champions League every year unless new television deal is agreed, warns Cruz
By David Gold
September 23 – The general manager of La Liga outfit Sevilla, Jose Maria Cruz, has warned that unless a new centralised television rights deal is agreed in Spain, Real Madrid and Barcelona could end up winning the European Champions League every year.
Spanish Government introduce new rules to protect players wages
By David Gold
September 23 – The Spanish Government has agreed a new law which will prevent the countries’ clubs from using administration to avoid paying players’ wages.
Real Madrid submit record-breaking turnover
By David Gold
September 21 – Real Madrid has set a new world record after generating €480 million (£419 million/$655 million) in turnover for the year ending June 30, 2011, beating the previous figure set by rivals Barcelona earlier this week.
Future of European football to be discussed at UEFA summit
By Andrew Warshaw
September 20 – The entire 53-nation membership of UEFA are meeting in Cyprus today and tomorrow for a rare brainstorming summit called by the organisation’s President Michel Platini to try to find solutions to a range of issues souring the game.
Sion claim court ruling should invalidate Europa League results
By Andrew Warshaw
September 17 – The court injunction won by FC Sion against UEFA should invalidate Atletico Madrid’s 2-0 win over Celtic, as well Udinese’s 2-1 victory over Rennes, in Thursday night’s opening Europa League group games, according to the Swiss club.
Sion demand millions in damages as they warn trouble will now start for UEFA
By Andrew Warshaw
September 15 – FC Sion are demanding millions of Euros in compensation from UEFA over the refusal by European football’s governing body to allow them back into the Europa League.
Head of global players’ union condemns Eastern European “mentality” towards footballers
By Andrew Warshaw
September 14 – Eastern European clubs are far behind their western counterparts when it comes to the way they treat footballers and the underhand methods that go into drawing up contracts, according to the head of the world players’ union FIFPro.
Players going back to their roots according to football market report
By David Gold
September 14 – The number of players being fielded by the clubs they trained with in Europe has increased for the second year in a row, according to the Annual Review of the European Football Players’ Labour Market.
Reprimand Platini under Swiss law, demand Sion
By Andrew Warshaw
September 14 – The bitter legal dispute between FC Sion and UEFA has taken another remarkable twist with the Swiss club insisting UEFA President Michel Platini should be punished under Swiss law for refusing to reinstate them in the Europa League.
UEFA throw out Sion’s appeal but the battle goes on
By Andrew Warshaw
September 13 – FC Sion’s attempt to be reinstated in this season’s Europa League was thrown out by UEFA today as the legal battle between the sporting authorities and the Swiss civil courts intensified.
FA defend anti-doping rules following damning TV exposé
By Andrew Warshaw
September 13 – The Football Association today defended their anti-doping rules after a television exposé claimed several previously unnamed players had failed out-of-competition tests for recreational drugs.
Anxious wait for Celtic after Sion launch appeal against Europa League expulsion
By Andrew Warshaw
September 8 – Swiss club Sion’s appeal against being thrown out of this season’s Europa League will be heard next Tuesday (September 13), just 48 hours before the group stages of the competition are due to get under way.
La Liga makeweights try to reform Spanish TV deal
By David Gold
September 8 – A dozen La Liga sides have decided to press ahead with plans to reform Spanish televison rights after a meeting at Sevilla’s Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium today.