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Duke of Cambridge keen to "secure the future health of the game at all levels"

:Headline: Duke of Cambridge keen to 'secure the future health of the game at all levels':
Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised that a "root-and-branch" review into the way football is run will consider how to boost the role of fans.
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The Duke of Cambridge said he is "glad" fans have been "heard and listened to", following the withdrawal of English clubs from the proposed European Super League.

William, who is president of the Football Association, called for the moment to be used to "secure the future health of the game at all levels".

He pledged to play his part in such work.

A tweet from the Kensington Royal account, said: "I'm glad the united voice of football fans has been heard and listened to. It is now really important that we use this moment to secure the future health of the game at all levels.

"As President of the FA, I'm committed to playing my part in that work."

It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised that a "root-and-branch" review into the way football is run will consider how to boost the role of fans.

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.

Mr Dowden said the review will also consider whether supporters should be able to take a stake in their clubs, something that is mandated in the German top flight.

"The German clubs didn't participate in this [Super League] proposal," he added.

"One of the points that was made to me by fans when the Prime Minister and I met with them yesterday was the fact that there was that financial stake. I think we should look at it.

"International investment in football has been a good thing. It has increased the quality of the game and the players and everything else.

"I'm not saying we shouldn't have foreign investment, but I do think it is right that we look at how fans can have a stake in the game."

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