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Boris Johnson promises "root-and-branch" review of football

:Headline: Boris Johnson promises 'root-and-branch' review of football:
Former sports minister Tracey Crouch is to investigate the governance of the sport and how supporters can have more say in the running of their clubs.
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A "root-and-branch" review into the way football is run will consider how to boost the role of fans, Boris Johnson has promised.

Plans under consideration also include an Ofcom-style regulator for the sport, ministers have indicated following the European Super League debacle.

Six of England's biggest clubs abandoned plans to join the breakaway competition on Tuesday night following a backlash from fans, the game's authorities and the Government.

Under the plans revealed at the weekend, the six English teams would have joined Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan to create a rival competition to the Champions League.

The proposal attracted particular anger as there would be no relegation from the Super League, regardless of how well clubs do on the field, although five of the best-performing teams from outside the league would be invited to participate each year.

It led to calls for the clubs involved to be expelled from the Premier League amid suggestions that their players could be barred from representing their countries in the World Cup or the Euros.

Downing Street rejected a suggestion by Juventus' chairman Andrea Agnelli that the Government's opposition to the plan was because the league was seen as an "attack" on Brexit.

The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "I would reject that.

"The Prime Minister was very clear on why it was right for the Government to step in and take action that contributed to these clubs stepping back from this proposal, which was the importance of football at the heart of communities up and down the country."

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