by club owners; parlous finances; and
violence against referees.
In a late February meeting in Athens
with UEFA, the Greek government signed
a rather vague “memorandum” – a
loaded term used to describe bailout
agreements during the worst years of
Greece’s debt crisis. UEFA agreed to
produce a report within three months
on ways to improve the governance of
Greek football.
“We’ve taken a political decision to
clean up Greek football for good and we
are very much looking to your assistance
in proceeding down that path,” Mitsotakis
Help...UEFA president
Aleksander Ceferin
(far right) with Greek
prime minister
Kyriakos Mitsotakis