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The FIFA governance storm is intensifying fast. President Gianni Infantino is pressing ahead with plans to sell private stakes in World Cup operations, and UEFA has fired back hard, threatening a full boycott of future World Cups if the proposal moves forward. Concacaf is pushing back too, and FIFA's response? A clarification statement that clarified almost nothing.
Meanwhile in club football, Sassuolo have agreed a ten million pound fee with Hellas Verona for Scotland striker Kieron Bowie, with add-ons on top. The twenty-three-year-old endured relegation from Serie A last season but has reportedly agreed a five-year deal with the newly promoted Italian side, so he's staying in the peninsula and backing himself to bounce straight back up.
And over in north London, Roberto De Zerbi has been opening up about his roots, revealing he was raised on the Brescia curva as a self-described ultra alongside his father. That working-class, passionate football identity has followed him all the way to Spurs, and it tells you something real about the intensity he brings to every training ground he walks into.
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