Joey D'Urso - The Athletic

The UK government is interviewing for a “very experienced leader” to become a top official at the proposed new football regulator which suggests the laws to create the body will be announced in next week’s King’s Speech. The job advert for the interim chief operating officer of the Independent Football Regulator, listed internally on a civil service website and seen by The Athletic, will pay between £95,000 ($115,000) and £128,900 ($156,000) per year. The government has repeatedly reaffirmed its plans for the new body but the final details are yet to be ironed out amid lobbying from...