Welcome to the weekly fire‑storm where football meets politics, and the transfer market feels the tremorsInfantino’s external review: a band

Welcome to the weekly fire‑storm where football meets politics, and the transfer market feels the tremorsInfantino’s external review: a band‑aid or a true overhaul?Gianni Infantino has just announced that he will commission an independent external review of FIFA’s governance, a move that landed on the headlines on 21 September. The timing is uncanny – the sport is still licking the wounds from the World Cup sell‑off controversy and the Balogun saga. While the gesture looks like a step forward, I’m not convinced a committee of outsiders will untangle the deep‑rooted power structures. What the game needs is a radical reset,...