28 Apr 2008MPs launch football inquiry

Football Leagues/ Association and Governance | Other Football News

Members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords are to launch an inquiry into English football and its governance.

The all-party group will look specifically at the Premier League's 'fit and proper person' test and plans to look closely at the situation at Liverpool.

Alan Keen MP, chair of the group, said that he hopes Liverpool owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks, and chief executive Rick Parry will attend a hearing.

"If they [Gillett and Hicks] are willing to come I would be delighted. If only one decides to come, and that works out like that, maybe the other will feel he has to come," Mr Keen told the Associated Press.

"Many questions remain about the standard of corporate governance and whether it is best equipped to deal, at every level, with the long term challenges of the game's future. This is the focus of the group's new inquiry.

"The group will examine case studies on governance, including Liverpool FC where the role of the owners has raised significant public concerns and overshadowed achievements on the field," he added.

Uefa president Michel Platini will also be invited to attend as he has been an outspoken critic of foreign ownership.

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