Aleksander Ceferin will demand that plans to permit him a fourth term as president are voted on at the same time as other mundane regulation changes, in order to ensure that the controversial proposal avoids rigorous discussion and scrutiny at next year’s UEFA Congress.
Mail Sport revealed yesterday that Ceferin is seeking to alter UEFA statutes so that his initial three years in power after succeeding Michel Platini in 2016 do not count towards his three-term limit in office, which would enable him to remain as president until 2031.
The shock proposal sparked a backlash at last weekend’s UEFA Executive Committee in Hamburg, with former Manchester United chief executive David Gill understood to have led the opposition in a heated exchange with Ceferin.