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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Edward Elliot

Unsuitable owners could be forced to sell clubs – chair of football regulator

Sheffield Wednesday fans during Saturday’s Sky Bet Championship defeat to Coventry (Nigel French/PA) - (PA Wire)

Unsuitable owners could be forced to sell football clubs, the chairman of the new independent regulator has said.

David Kogan, who was appointed on Monday, also labelled Sheffield Wednesday’s perilous situation a “significant problem” and said the regulator is seeking powers to investigate clubs in such predicaments.

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