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uefa.com: "The chairman of the Independent European Sports Review (IR), José Luis Arnaut, is featured in the latest edition of the official UEFA Champions League magazine Champions.

Popularity in jeopardy
In an interview with Paul Simpson, the Portuguese political figure talks about salary caps, club ownership and corruption – and insists that football's popularity will be put in jeopardy if certain steps are not taken.

Review a step forward
The IR was published in its final version recently, and includes a series of recommendations for football's future good health. UEFA has fully endorsed the report as an important step forward in European dialogue on sport, as well as in efforts to solve many of football's difficulties.

Tribute to strength
Mr Arnaut says that problem areas currently affecting European football are actually a tribute to the game's strength. "There are two industries in which Europe has about 60 per cent of the world market: football and luxury goods," he explains. "And it's because European football is so popular that so many people want to watch it, bet on it and invest in it all over the world."

Club ownership
For Mr Arnaut, the regulation of club ownership is crucial. "In the last year, we have seen match fixing and corruption scandals often linked to betting and agents in Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy and Portugal," he tells Champions. "We hear stories about mystery consortiums trying to buy football clubs and that raises the possibility that those same mystery consortiums could also run an online betting company. When you think about that, you can see that football needs to face these issues if it is to remain the beautiful game."

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