Aleksander #Ceferin Announces Decision To Quit #UEFA Role In 2027

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February 8, 2024

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Aleksander #Ceferin Announces Decision To Quit #UEFA Role In 2027—-There will be a new president at UEFA beyond 2027 after Aleksander Ceferin decided not to seek a further term as head of European football’s governing body.

Against a controversial backdrop, UEFA members approved statute changes which would have given Ceferin the opportunity to remain as UEFA president until 2031 for what would be an unprecedented fourth term.

However, shortly after getting the official green light to remain in power, Ceferin revealed that he intends to leave his post in three years’ time.

‘I decided six months ago that I would not run any more,’ the 56-year-old Slovenian said at a press conference after the Congress.

‘The reason is that after some time every organisation needs fresh blood, but mainly because I was away from my family for seven years now.

‘I intentionally didn’t want to disclose my thoughts before, because firstly, I wanted to see the real face of some people and I saw it.

‘I have a beautiful life in football, I have a beautiful life outside of football as well.’

The announcement comes shortly after the Football Association stood alone in showing the red card to changes in UEFA’s rules which allowed Ceferin the option of standing for a further four-year term as president from 2027.

FA chief executive Mark Bullingham was the sole national federation delegate to hold up a red card rejecting the amendments at the UEFA Congress in Paris, but the motion passed with 49 of the 55 associations holding up a green card in support.

The amendment meant Ceferin’s partial first term, which began in September 2016, would not count towards the three-term limit, allowing him the possibility of a further term between 2027 and 2031.

The FA, along with Norway and Iceland, had sought to break up the bundle of rule amendments, because it wholeheartedly supports most of the measures proposed including an increase in minimum female representation on the UEFA executive committee from one to two.

However, a decision was taken to vote for the amendments as a package, forcing the FA to vote against the term limit amendment as a matter of principle, rather than a vote against Ceferin himself.

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Chelsea Starboy Cole Palmer Emerged As PL Player Of The Month Of September

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October 11, 2024

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Chelsea Starboy Cole Palmer Emerged As PL Player Of The Month Of September—-Cole Palmer has been voted the EA SPORTS Player of the Month for September 2024.

Palmer led the Premier League for both goals and goal involvements last month. In four appearances he scored five times and got an assist.

Incredibly, four of his goals came in one devastating 21-minute period against Brighton & Hove Albion, as he became the first player in Premier League history to score four times in the first half of a Premier League match.

In addition to that incredible display against Brighton, Palmer also produced an assist in a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace and a goal in a 3-0 win at West Ham United.

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Palmer wins the EA SPORTS Player of the Month award for a second time, with his first coming in April 2024. It means he has won two of the last three available awards.

The 22-year-old topped an eight-man shortlist after the public’s votes on the EA SPORTS website were combined with those of a panel of football experts.

Palmer, who has already started October with an assist in a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest, will look to add to his league-leading tally of 11 goal involvements this season when Chelsea return to Premier League action against Liverpool on Sunday 20 October

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Chelsea Gaffer Enzo Maresca Emerged As PL Manager Of The Month Of September

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October 11, 2024

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Chelsea Gaffer Enzo Maresca Emerged As PL Manager Of The Month Of September—-Enzo Maresca has been named as September 2024’s Barclays Manager of the Month.

Maresca wins the award in only his second month as a Premier League head coach after leading Chelsea through the month unbeaten, winning three matches and drawing the other.

After a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace, Maresca’s team got back-to-back away wins against AFC Bournemouth and West Ham United, before finishing the month with a 4-2 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.

Chelsea scored a competition-high nine goals across the month. Maresca says the team’s form is credit to everyone at the club and not just him.

“We had a very good month,” he said. “We all need people around us to make things better. I’m very grateful to have all of them [his staff].

“We are always looking at new things and how we can improve from different football and different countries.”

Maresca becomes the first Chelsea head coach to win the award since Thomas Tuchel, who claimed it in October 2021.

The 44-year-old topped a five-man shortlist that included Mikel Arteta, Unai Emery, Marco Silva and Arne Slot, claiming the award after votes from the public were combined with those of a panel of experts.

It also makes it a September awards double for Chelsea, after Cole Palmer was voted the EA SPORTS Player of the Month.

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