Saturday, May 14, 2016

Time for FIFA to talk about the players, says union (Reuters)

Theo van Seggelen, Secretary General of FIFPro, the world soccer players' union, addresses a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, September 18, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

By Brian Homewood MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Soccer's world governing body FIFA needs to start thinking about professional footballers and address their problems, according to the general secretary of the World Players' Union FIFPro. FIFPro secretary general Theo van Seggelen said on Saturday he was still waiting for details on a new FIFA stakeholders committee which will include player and club representatives. Van Seggelen, acknowledging FIFA was making progress after a series of corruption scandals, wants to get the new Soccer stakeholders' committee up and running as quickly as possible.


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