PFA to be scrutinised amid ‘serious concerns’ over union’s governance

• Charity Commission has opened a formal statutory inquiry
• ‘Serious concerns have been raised over way PFA is run’

The Charity Commission has opened a formal statutory inquiry into the governance and operation of the Professional Footballers’ Association, saying it has “serious concerns” about the players’ union including whether its trustees have gained from “unauthorised benefit”.

A spokesperson for the commission made it clear that a statutory inquiry is its “most serious intervention”, which has been escalated after it was not satisfied by the findings of a regulatory compliance case which it began in November 2018 .

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from Football | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2tk1JJ5