UEFA is embroiled in a major internal dispute as Zvonimir Boban, the Chief of Football, has abruptly resigned, issuing a blistering critique of proposed statutory changes that could enable President Aleksander Ceferin to extend his tenure until 2031, bypassing the current term limits. This development, which transpired over the last day, has sparked unrest within UEFA, with opposition from figures such as England's David Gill. Concerns have been raised about the concentration of power and the Executive President structure, with Ceferin facing scrutiny over requests for bigger hotel suites and first-class travel. In addition to the governance issues, Ceferin has confidently expressed his belief in Manchester City's FFP guilt, dismissing the notion that players joining Saudi clubs can effectuate change as a 'joke'.
What we know about UEFA official Zvonimir Boban resigning and why https://t.co/lsCYZA7w94
Croatian hero, midfield maestro, history graduate, chief of football…good governance campaigner? Zvonimir Boban quits UEFA in protest against Aleksander Ceferin’s plan to sidestep a pesky term-limit issue and stretch his presidency to 2031. https://t.co/UXr4kO8eYp
UEFA's chief of football Zvonimir Boban says he has resigned from his position after the body's president Aleksander Ceferin proposed plans for a possible re-election in 2031 ⬇️ https://t.co/mXOAtNgmoi #AFPSports
🔴 Uefa turmoil deepens after director of football resigns over Aleksander Ceferin's bid to stay in power https://t.co/tKQop7CwGw
Zvonimir Boban, a top aide and longtime confidant to the president of European soccer’s governing body, resigned on Wednesday, a departure that laid bare a deep rift inside the leadership of one of the world’s richest sports organizations. https://t.co/Aqab2uocG5
The Boban/Ceferin story more than dry football politics It matters because Uefa/Fifa Executive President structure hands the immense power of the European club game and the World Cup to two individuals It's an outdated absurdity that doesn't work https://t.co/iLhI4x1la3
Mutiny and civil war within Uefa: - concern Ceferin "lost in power" - sources say now requests bigger hotel suits and first-class travel, insulated from wider Uefa - raises huge questions about Executive President structure https://t.co/iLhI4x1la3
Uefa official Zvonimir Boban quits in protest at bid to extend president’s term https://t.co/Uhw9J7egH0
Uefa has been plunged into turmoil after Zvonimir Boban abruptly quit in protest at Aleksander Ceferin’s bid to extend term limits — going back on rules the president created. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/13ky7DJL6j
UEFA crisis as Boban quits over Ceferin’s bid to extend term limits: https://t.co/39i1xTeGuW
Huge split developing within Uefa, as Boban takes a string and principled stance on Ceferin’s attempts to change statutes Last 24 hours understood to be frantic https://t.co/OmM46YTYAe
Crisis brewing at UEFA - Zvonimir Boban quits as chief football officer in protest at law changes that would see president Aleksander Ceferin exempt from term limits. Follows opposition to the move by England’s David Gill https://t.co/yN07pI375o
Crisis brewing at UEFA as Zvonimir Boban quits role as chief football officer in protest at law changes that would see president Aleksander Ceferin exempt from term limits. Follows opposition to the move by England’s David Gill. https://t.co/tl24BA0w6C
Here is Boban’s full resignation statement from UEFA as chief football officer in protest, he says, at attempts by Ceferin to adjust term limit statutes in stay in power potentially until 2031. https://t.co/gVqKg6KTUD https://t.co/qaPH2WZC7x
UEFA chief football officer Zvonimir Boban has quit - understood to have developed in the last day. One of Aleksander Ceferin’s leadership team, although he was previously at FIFA working under Gianni Infantino
🚨 ⚽️ UEFA’s Chief of Football Zvonimir Boban, former Milan and Croatia great, abruptly quit yesterday, issuing a blistering critique of plans that could keep Aleksander Ceferin in post as president for 15 years, well beyond stated term limit. Story 👇🏾 https://t.co/5yzwJTYzR7
Some interesting comments from Ceferin in @ben_rumsby's very good interview on the City case, all the more so since there are still many questions for Uefa about it - outlined here from last February: https://t.co/0lcJ5q8TSv
🗣️ "We know we were right" UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin on Manchester City's FFP charge.
‘We know we were right’: Uefa chief Aleksander Ceferin sure of Man City’s FFP guilt Plus, in an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with @ben_rumsby, Ceferin discusses why players joining Saudi clubs to drive change is a ‘joke’ #TelegraphFootball #mcfc
Huge unrest within Uefa over proposed changes to statutes that could allow Ceferin to stay until 2031 Comes amid scrutiny over how executive president structure doesn’t work Age limit removed, which is seen as aiding Ceferin Hungarian ally Csanyi https://t.co/gpjDMIxqq7