Latest European football news (Friday, June 30)

The CAP News Round-up aims to keep you up to date about the latest football news from around Europe. From competitions and regulatory updates to governance and business matters. Stay informed at a glance with all major updates and developments in European football.

- UEFA Makes Governance Reforms To Enhance European Football: UEFA’s Executive Committee decided to integrate the voices of players (via FIFPRO Europe) and fans (via Football Supporters Europe) into its decision-making process – fcbusiness

- Shakhtar’s outlook on European club governance could help bridge divide: The club’s CEO on why multiple representative bodies could be a positive and give clubs a choice on who runs European game – The Guardian

- UEFA clamps down on transfer amortisation, limiting it to 5-years: European clubs will no longer be able to spread a transfer fee across more than five years of a player’s initial contract after UEFA closed a loophole in its regulations – Inside World Football

- FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023 host city confirmed: The Saudi Arabian Football Federation and FIFA have confirmed that all matches during the FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023 will take place in the city of Jeddah – FIFA

- Majority of global leagues want VAR discussions aired on TV, survey finds: The majority of global leagues want dialogue between referees and the video assistant referee (VAR) to be aired by broadcasters, a World League Forum survey has found – BBC

- Changes to Championship substitutions: EFL Championship Clubs have opted to use five substitutes from nine named (an increase from seven named) from the 2023-24 season – EFL

- Serie B announces Helbiz termination, Sky and DAZN face increased payments: Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie B (LNPB) has terminated its rights deal with Helbiz, the US-based micro-mobility company, in a move that is set to mean Sky Italia and DAZN will be required to increase their payments for the 2023-24 season – SportBusiness

- Playr-Fit unveiled as new Championship & P.I.L sponsor: The NI Football League is delighted to announce Playr-Fit as the new title sponsor of both the Championship and the Premier Intermediate League – NIFL

- EA Sports has renewed its partnership with Liga Profesionista de Fotbal: Electronics Arts Inc. and the Romanian Professional Football League Superliga, announce the renewal of their multi-year partnership – LFP (Romanian)

- European Leagues’ member leagues release fixtures calendar for 2023/24:

• Ligue de Football Professionel (FRA) – LFP

• Bundesliga (GER) – DFL

• Eredivisie (NED) - Eredivisie

• NI Football League (NIR) - NIFL

• Scottish Professional League (SCO) – SPFL

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