Bisola David
Aleksander Ceferin was unanimously elected to a third term as president of UEFA at the governing body of European football’s meeting in Lisbon on Wednesday.
The Punch reported that the 55-year-old Slovenian attorney was originally elected in 2016 after Frenchman Michel Platini was ousted from office, and he will hold the position through 2027.
Following his defeat of the breakaway European Super League initiative during his second term, Ceferin was re-elected by acclamation. He will now preside over the implementation of a new Champions League format beginning in 2019.
He will also be free to concentrate on pushing the implementation of new Financial Fair Play regulations, which will require clubs to limit spending on salaries for players and staff, transfers, and agency fees to 70 percent of total revenues by 2025/26.
Only a few weeks prior to the UEFA Congress in the Portuguese capital was Gianni Infantino unanimously re-elected as the head of FIFA, the world governing organization of the sport.
