Sandro Rosell resigns as president of Barcelona with immediate effect. Rosell made the announcement at a press conference on Thursday night. One of the reasons being was that he allegedly had misappropriated funds from signing Neymar. The Brazilian Neymar joined Barcelona in the summer. A Barcelona club member Jordi Cases has alleged that the amount paid was a lot more than the £48.6m fee reported at the time.   The deal is now being investigated by a court for possible misappropriation of funds. Sandro also feels that he and his family receive threats as he states, “For some time my family and myself have suffered threats and attacks in silence. These threats and attacks have made me wonder if being president means having to jeopardise my family.” The threats along with the allegations against him led to his decision to resign. Although the vice president will serve as his successor, is this a smart decision for  Barcelona especially since the Fifa world cup is right around the corner? Has Sandro made the right decision for his club, himself and family?

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/23/sandro-rosell-resigns-barcelona-president-neymar

Frenchman fifa presidential candidate Jerome suggests introducing orange cards which allows referees to send players to a sin-bin (penalty box). He also has several proposals which includes: punishing players when questioning officials, quotas for foreign players, and abolishing the ‘triple punishment rule, and so it goes on. His aim is to make fifa more “democratic”, he believes it needs to be “more democratic, more respected, which behaves better and which does more.” But doesn’t it make it more dictatorial by adding more restrictions? If these proposals pass what will happen to the future of football or fifa ? Will this cause international outrage? Or will this actually help the future of fifa in becoming a more “respected” association? How will foreign players feel about the quotas? Do you agree with Jerome’s proposals?

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25811977