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Sports Exchange

This series features insights from some of the most influential figures in sports ownership and leadership. In this instalment, Alex Phillips — secretary-general of FIFPRO, discusses how players remain sidelined in football’s governance and why the sport’s power structures need urgent reform

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Football heading for ‘collective bargaining’, says head of players’ union
Alex Phillips, the secretary-general of Fifpro says footballers are scapegoated, overworked and excluded from decisions — while true power remains with clubs and owners
Liverpool’s former data guru on signing Salah and Man Utd’s struggles
For a decade Ian Graham helped drive Liverpool’s analytical approach. Now CEO of Ludonautics, he explains why most clubs are still resistant to change
Wimbledon’s Sally Bolton: ‘Trying to maintain our share of the attention economy’
All England Lawn Tennis Club’s CEO on capturing new audiences while preserving traditions
Toto Wolff of Mercedes-AMG: Inside F1’s financial engine
The team principal and CEO of Mercedes-AMG discusses why F1 is now a magnet for institutional investment and why the sport’s next chapter could be its most disruptive