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·17 July 2021
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·17 July 2021
According to Mundo Deportivo, trials are underway to implement four fundamental changes to the game of football.
Football fans are notoriously resistant to change, which was proven by the European Super League plans earlier in the year.
We can only imagine that some of the changes proposed in the article by Mundo Deportivo will not sit well with the bulk of the supporters.
The report details that PSV Eindhoven, AZ Alkmaar, RB Leipzig and Club Brugge’s U19 sides are partaking in a tournament dubbed ‘Future of Football Cup’.
The four key changes are as follows, as is reported by the Spanish publication:
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Mundo Deportivo believe that FIFA will write up a full report of the changes and their positive/negative impacts at the end of the tournament before moving forward.
Regardless of what happens, this is a clear indication that the powers at be are ready and willing to make wholesale changes to football.
Here’s what some fans on Twitter have had to say on the matter…