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Nottingham Post
Sport
Peter Smith

UEFA two-day summit could have major impact on Nottingham Forest

Evangelos Marinakis will be watching with interest as UEFA holds a two-day summit this week to discuss "potentially seismic rulings" about multi-club ownership.

Marinakis, who owns Nottingham Forest and Olympiacos, is part of a growing trend for individuals or businesses to oversee clubs in clubs in different countries - and that is leading to increasing questions about transparency and the integrity of competition, particularly in European cups.

Now, as Chelsea's takeover over Strasbourg brings the situation to a head, UEFA Club Financial Control Body has a decision to make about whether to tighten, relax or keep the status quo. As it stands, if clubs who have the same owner qualify for the same competition, the lower-ranked side is disqualified.

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