Buzi Brown

Lionel Messi is set to take another major step into football club ownership after reaching an agreement in principle to acquire Spanish second-tier club CD Eldense. The former Barcelona who spent majority of his career in Spain is looking to invest back in that community as he is close to purchasing 100% of the shares currently held by Colombian investment group TH Soluciones Group S.A.S., which is Eldense’s majority shareholder.

Arsenal Football Club have been handed a major boost after the Premier League’s key match incident panel concluded that the Gunners should have been awarded a penalty during their match at Villa Park. Sky Sports News confirmed that the panel identified one missed VAR intervention from the fixture and determined that Ian Maatsen’s challenge on Bruno Guimarães should have resulted in a penalty for Arsenal.

FIFA and CAF have directed the NFF to suspend its ongoing electoral process while they assess the legal, governance, administrative, and electoral implications of the recent developments. The directive was in a letter dated September 7, addressed to NFF Deputy General Secretary Emmanuel Ikpeme by FIFA Chief Member Associations Officer Elkhan Mammadov. The decision means that further steps connected to the NFF elections have been put on hold until the assessment is completed.