"...In a high-risk political gamble, less than two months before #Paris hosts the #Olympics, he said lower house elections would be called for June 30, with a second-round vote on July 7..."
"A club that stands at the pinnacle of the footballing elite presents its case not as a dispute among a group of mega-rich owners about how they apportion their riches, but as a downtrodden club that has, in the words of one fan account, “declared war on the entire football elite”. It is an echo of how many within political debate also attempt to depict themselves"
Kenan Malik on football and politics.