Zvonimir Boban quits as Uefa football chief in protest at ‘fatal’ Ceferin plans

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Zvonimir Boban has quit his role as chief of football at Uefa over a proposal to change the organisation’s statutes that would allow the president, Aleksander Ceferin, to stay beyond a third term.

The rule that the president and executive committee members could serve a maximum of 12 years was introduced in 2017 by Ceferin as part of a reform package. Boban believes the Slovenian intends to run again when his third term finishes in 2027.

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