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Thursday briefing: New UEFA/ECA agreement deals blow to nascent club union

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7 September 2023 - 4:30 AM

Berlin: UEFA and the European Club Association (ECA) have renewed their memorandum of understanding (MOU), extending the partnership between the European governing body and ECA until 2030.

The agreement was signed by UEFA president Alexander Čeferin and ECA chairman, Nasser al Khelaifi, on the sidelines at the ECA’s biannual General Assembly yesterday in the German capital.

The MOU deals a blow to the nascent Union of European Clubs (UEC), a rival body launched on a one me

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