The UEFA vote will be held on April 5 in Lisbon, Portugal, and there Ceferin, 55, will ratify his place after the support of the 55 European federations, which he thanked for their support for the application.
Ceferin is one of the main opponents of the ideas of FIFA promoted by the president, Gianni Infantino, as the biannual World Cup instead of every four years.
In addition, the profile of the Slovenian is much lower than that of the former French soccer player Michel Platini, who ended up being fired and accused at FIFA Gate, as the face of the “old leadership”.
For his part, The manager’s great battle will be to stop the European Super League project to continue with a strong Champions League. This was already achieved two seasons ago but Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus insist on the idea of making it happen, which would generate heavy economic losses for UEFA and a sporting blow.
The project, in which 12 major European clubs were involved, consisted of a closed competition but, due to political and social pressures, the initiative weakened in a few days.
The general counsel of the European Court of Justice already issued a first assessment favorable to UEFA and FIFA in mid-December. The conclusions of the general counsel are often taken into account by judges.
Source: Ambito
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