Shakhtar’s outlook on European club governance could help bridge divide | Sergei Palkin

The club’s CEO on why multiple representative bodies could be a positive and give clubs a choice on who runs European game

FC Shakhtar is a club that has been fortunate enough to compete at the highest level of European football for several years. However, we now find ourselves in a domestic league that is rapidly declining as a result of a destructive military invasion of our country that further decimated an already fragile and inefficient football market.

In our unique position, we have followed with interest recent developments regarding the future of European football and its club governance structure, namely the creation of the Union of European Clubs (UEC). It was particularly interesting to read the opposing views on this matter from La Liga president, Javier Tebas, a supporter of the UEC, and the CEO of the European Club Association (ECA), Charlie Marshall.

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