Hakeem al-Araibi, a Bahraini footballer, living in Australia on a protected refugee visa, was detained in Thailand from late 2018. A campaign, spearheaded by former Socceroo Craig Foster, secured high profile backing and created great support, ultimately securing Hakeem’s release.
Bury Football Club were expelled from the English Football League on 27 August 2019 as a result of financial problems. While the owner and previous owner of the club have been forced to shoulder a lot of the blame, the football authorities must also acknowledge and remedy their own failures. Bury FC were established 125 years ago and their expulsion is a tragedy for the town and local community, as well as the wider football world.
Lionel Messi’s record breaking sixth Ballon d’Or win has seen the dominance of the big two – Messi and Ronaldo – continue. Aside from Luca Modric’s 2018 win, the big two have monopolised the award. There have been many players who have suffered by playing in the same era as them and the Lombardi Associates team have selected the best players to have never won the Ballon d’Or in our opinion.
Paolo Lombardi and Luca Pastore are in Madrid this week, attending the International Congress on Football Law
On 22 and 23 May, Lombardi Associates’ Ian Laing was in London, attending the Football Law 2019 Conference
Laura McCallum took part in a workshop organised by the Albanian FA.
Lombardi Associates advised Genoa CFC on the temporary transfer of the player Stéphane Oméonga to Hibernian FC.
BBC Radio 5 Drive Live featured Philippa Lombardi.
A whistle-stop tour of transfer market myths – are they true or false?
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