One World Sports: Mourinho Meltdown and The Search Begins at FIFA




Beyond The Pitch show

Summary: Well into another week for club football, easily the two biggest stories in the game continue to be the ongoing problems and missteps at Chelsea by its highly successful manager and a never-ending tale of scandal and intrigue surrounding a process designed to elect a new FIFA president as the reform agenda endures with little confidence. Joining Anto to discuss the Premier League angle is Robbie Earle from NBC Sports as the Blues sustain yet one more loss in the midweek Capital One Cup, and the rumors and questions now swirl about the future of Jose Mourinho. We also discuss the decision to hand him a contract extension, the wisdom of the longer term visions at the football club, how Jurgen Klopp clearly has a grasp of the task at Anfield and why Slaven Bilic has seemed to find success so quickly at Upton Park in his first term. Then in segment two Oliver Fowler from ChangeFIFA joins the show to dig into the matter of this FIFA Presidential candidate field with some important questions to address - why exactly does FIFA need a new president with so many talented people already excluded from the process and what exactly should the vision for the future be when nearly none of the candidates have put a serious agenda forward. What should FIFA look like in the future, should the players and fans be elevated to stakeholders in their own right, and how exactly will the biggest issues facing this sport get addressed.