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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nick Ames in Paris

English FA set to vote against plans to give Uefa’s Ceferin a fourth term

Aleksander Ceferin is looking for a fourth consecutive term as Uefa’s president.
Aleksander Ceferin is looking for a fourth consecutive term as Uefa’s president. Photograph: Christian Charisius/AP

The Football Association will vote against controversial reforms that would allow the Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, to run for an unprecedented fourth term.

In what will be seen as a rare breaking of ranks, England will signal its opposition at the governing body’s annual congress in Paris on Thursday. All of the continent’s 55 member states are to vote on the statute changes and, while they are expected to pass overwhelmingly, the FA intends to make a stand amid widespread disquiet over Ceferin’s plans.

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