Football: FIFA chief, UK’s Boris Johnson join backlash over Euro Super League
20 April 2021 |
7:25 pm
FIFA president Gianni Infantino warns that clubs involved in the European Super League could face "consequences", as the backlash builds against the deeply divisive plans, including from British Prime Minister Boris who has threatened to take "legislative action" to protect "the basic principles of competition."
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