Football regulator to hold power over club ownership amid Sheffield Wednesday crisis

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English football’s new independent regulator could be granted the power to force club owners to sell, marking one of the most significant governance shifts in the sport’s modern history, BBC Sport reports.

Newly appointed chair David Kogan said that the authority to compel sales would only be used as a “last resort” but admitted the measure may be necessary to protect clubs from “irresponsible” ownership. “If your question is, would we intervene in the final…