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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
David Conn

Liverpool MP calls on FA to put pressure on Uefa’s Ceferin over 2022 final

Police outside the Stade de France before the 2022 Champions League final
After the 2022 Champions League final, a review panel made 21 recommendations for improvement. Photograph: Christophe Ena/AP

The Liverpool MP Ian Byrne has urged the Football Association to call for Aleksander Ceferin to “consider his position” as Uefa president due to mounting concerns about alleged cronyism and safety deficiencies following the near-disaster at the 2022 Champions League final.

Byrne, who was at the Stade de France in Paris to support Liverpool against Real Madrid, also called on the FA to seek the removal of Zeljko Pavlica, Uefa’s head of safety and security. Thousands of supporters at the match suffered a failed safety management operation, hours of static queues, dangerous policing and attacks by local thugs. A review panel appointed by Uefa to inquire into the disaster made 21 recommendations for future improvement.

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