{"id":21812,"date":"2024-01-25T13:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T10:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/21812\/uefa-chief-of-football-boban\/"},"modified":"2024-01-25T13:37:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T10:37:25","slug":"uefa-chief-of-football-boban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=21812","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Chief of Football Boban quits over row with Ceferin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UEFA Chief of Football Boban quits over row with Ceferin\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>UEFA football chief Zvonimir Boban has announced he is quitting European football&#39;s governing body in protest at its president Aleksandar Ceferin&#39;s decision to back changes to the statutes that would allow him to extend his mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Boban, a former AC Milan midfielder and Croatia captain, announced his decision in an open letter published by Croatian website Telesport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sorry and sad, but I am leaving UEFA,\u201d Boban said in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Boban added that the reason for his departure was Ceferin&#39;s support for a proposal to change UEFA rules at its next congress on February 8 in Paris, which would allow him to run again at the end of his term. four years in 2027.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Zvonimir Boban played for AC Milan and Croatia. <cite>MATTEO BAZZI\/EPA-EFE\/Shutterstock.  .  10421900cb<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>UEFA rules prohibit the president and members of the Executive Committee from standing for election more than three times or remaining in their position for more than 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParadoxically, it was Ceferin who proposed and launched in 2017 the reform package supposed to protect UEFA and European <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a>,\u201d Boban said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis departure from these values \u200b\u200band his changes in the main reforms are difficult to understand, especially in this delicate period of football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I were to accept such a difficult and wrong decision and turn my head, I would be going against the general principles and values \u200b\u200bin which I deeply believe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not playing the role of a hero and I know very well that many people have the same opinion, perhaps naive, but certainly correct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ceferin was re-elected as UEFA president without opposition at the governing body&#39;s ordinary congress in Lisbon in April last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UEFA Chief of Football Boban quits over row with Ceferin\u060c UEFA football chief Zvonimir Boban has announced he is quitting European football&#39;s governing body in protest at its president Aleksandar Ceferin&#39;s decision to back changes to the statutes that would allow him to extend his mandate. 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