the sport in novemberrecommendations include the creation of a new independent regulator for english football and new owners and directors tests to ensure only good custodians can run clubspremier league chief executive richard masters said earlier this month that the leagues owners and directors test was under review with sports minister nigel huddleston arguing it needs to be more robusthuddleston told a committee of lawmakers last week he believes the english game is at a turning pointthe fanled review is pivotally important he said with the full government response due in the coming weeks we recognise there are failures in the structure and governance of english footballquestions around ownership and sponsorship models are not unique to the english top flightqatarowned paris saintgermain are storming towards an eighth french league title in 10 years while the spanish football federation has attracted criticism for taking its super cup to saudi arabiain germany schalke cut ties with stateowned russian energy giant gazprom but bayern munich have stood by a sponsorship deal with qatar despite a fan uprising that disrupted the clubs annual general meeting in novemberfootball clubs and the premier league are under fire for apparently neglecting to ask searching questions about where their money comes from as they chase silverware in a hypercompetitive industrychelsea find themselves caught up in geopolitical currents that extend far beyond football but whether the sport has the appetite for fundamental change remains to be seen