Storify on Spanish Member-Owned Clubs

The Independent’s Sam Wallace has a story today about a threat against Spanish member-owned clubs from the EU, which might be taking action to force them to convert into privately-owned companies.

It wouldn’t be a surprise; action via the EU by Olympique Lyonnais forced a change to a French state law preventing clubs being owned by private enterprises. That said, there was a fascinating intervention by FASFE (the Spanish equivalent of Supporters Direct) who cast into doubt many of the core facts in the article. I’ve done a storify of the exchanges.

[View the story “Spanish member-owned clubs and EU law” on Storify]