Florentino Perez and countless other football administrators believe the game needs to change to cater for changing viewing habits and shortened attention spans. Many believe it’s more nuanced than that. Whilst we certainly have more distractions readily and constantly available to us, with endless social media streams, instant messages and email at our fingertips on mobile phones, tablets and other screens, young people are regularly spending hours on YouTube, Tiktok, Fortnite, Netflix, Roblox and plenty of other platforms.

With FIFA publishing its new Agent Regulations (FFAR) in early January, many agents, lawyers and industry professionals alike have been reading the small print to understand the potentially seismic changes impacting the industry. Whilst this isn’t a comprehensive note on the FFAR, it highlights some of the pressing issues for agents, lawyers, national associations and FIFA to consider.

Most fans who tuned in to the final round of EPL matches will have witnessed a thrilling finale to the season in which two west-midlands clubs, Aston Villa and Wolves, ultimately played a decisive role in the title race.

Former professional footballers Sol Campbell, Louis Saha and Arianna Criscione talk with Sports Lawyer Daniel Geey about Life After Football

In the latest episode of the Dan and Omar Show, Daniel Geey and Omar Chaudhuri discuss the Newcastle United takeover, piracy and the Owners & Directors Test; the value of playing WC qualifiers against San Marino and Andorra; and the UK's 3pm TV black-out rule.

Daniel Geey attended the World Football Summit in Madrid last month to moderate the panel 'A responsibility for success: Ushering in sports governance over the next decade'.

Daniel Geey joined The Athletic's Mark Chapman and Matt Slater to discuss the question ‘should football scrap transfer fees?’

The new system is relevant to any player who is not a citizen of the UK and has not acquired permanent residence, been granted pre-settled status or settled status under the government’s EU Settlement scheme.

Andrew Nixon appeared on Real Vision’s “The Big Conversation” to talk about how Covid-19 has affected the sports and esports industries.

In what is arguably the most physically demanding football season in recent memory, it’s been reported that 14 out of 20 Premier League clubs had at least one of their players withdrawn from international duty over the most recent international break due to injury or Covid-19.

Daniel Geey appeared on Sky Sports News to discuss Project Big Picture & The Reported European Super League.

Our Head of Sport Andrew Nixon appeared on Al Jazeera’s ‘Inside Story’ to discuss the legal and commercial issues underpinning Lionel Messi’s attempt to leave Barcelona FC, and ultimately why he chose to stay.

The key difference between the league structures is that relegation and promotion does not occur in the IPL franchise model. This means that the same eight teams compete in the IPL year after year. This contrasts with the EPL where three teams are relegated each season and three new teams are promoted from the Championship to take their place. Another significant difference is that in the IPL there is no qualification for international competitions; whereas the top EPL teams can qualify for the lucrative UEFA Champions League and Europa League competitions. 

Daniel Geey was interviewed live by Sky Sports News about Manchester City’s successful appeal and the issues surrounding the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision.

Join Daniel Geey on the 6 part series talking boot deals to transfers and more!

As things currently stand, players whose contracts expire on 30th June will become free agents on 1st July. Their contractual relationship with the club will end, meaning that the club will no longer pay them a salary and they will be under no obligation to attend training or play matches.

As we have done with previous Swiss Ramble threads, we thought it would be helpful to set out some of the key highlights from the analysis, along with some comments of our own.

So what has happened?

It was announced earlier this year that the Football Association (the FA) was changing its rules on non-EEA (European Economic Area) players playing in the UK…