“Football lacks leadership.” The view from Europe

By Tony Attwood That statement – “Football lacks leadership” appears as a headline in the newspaper “Le Matin” today. And although I don’t know enough about European football to give an opinion across the various leagues of Europe I would say that this sounds about right to me. But I would argue that there is …

Football is not coming back any time soon: so what happens to the clubs then?

By Tony Attwood There is an article in the Guardian which says “Whether football returns in June or September, or later even than that, it will be a long time before it is played in stadiums packed with crowds of tens of thousands, without players having to undertake complex social distancing measures. Normal isn’t coming …

German football considers ending its lockdown. We wait to see…

By Christophe Jost So the Bundesliga and the DFL have presented a broad concept to restart, addressing health issues, security, training concepts, finances, etc. all set out in a 41 page document. My opinion, based on what I am reading, is that they have done a very thorough job looking at most aspects if not …