Checkmate Vangelis Marinakis puts everyone in front of their responsibilities

Vangelis Marinakis, Takis Baltakos, the EPO and the rumors they had been spreading and receiving since Saturday morning regarding Steve Bennett’s empty chair were wrapped in a sticky note. Tonight’s message from the Premier League boss was perfectly timed. And above all: describe all those natural steps so that the Englishman’s departure in the end will not be a bigger problem for professional football than his presence.

What does Vangelis Marinakis say to the president and the “officials” at the EPO who appear to be considering taking up the case personally (and thus postponing the Professional Football Committee meeting scheduled for tomorrow)? That if the process of replacing Bennett is not actually implemented by UEFA, is not in line with the comprehensive study and if in any case does not meet the appropriate specifications and conditions for the occasion of the tournament that has just begun, then it is better not to return after the upcoming break on 8 October. .

Will the federation also put this “trophy” on its shelves?

Here is the “key”. Because no one can disagree with these steps mentioned by the President of the Premier League. The comprehensive study expects the presence of a foreign referee and two foreign officials around him. It is clear that after Bennett’s resignation, UEFA can nominate competent officials with a strong resume who will not say a month later, “I cannot bring in foreign referees,” like the Englishman. The shadows that have been insisting for a year that Bennett was “ahead” of the KED whose definitions were drawn up by Stavros Mandalos, whom some consider “anti-Bennett to the end,” will disappear. The issue is serious. It must be resolved immediately.

Takis Baltakos cannot choose a referee

Takis Baltakos cannot choose a chief referee because he failed in the personal selection of Steve Bennett and because the Englishman “nailed” him by not speaking publicly about the interference of the head of the EPO in his work. The Executive Committee of the European Patent Office, the EPS representatives, i.e. have neither the function nor the qualification to participate in this process. The only mechanism that can institutionally appeal to UEFA to take up this task is the Professional Football Commission, which includes, among others, the President of the Premier League, as well as representatives of the “Big Four”. Everyone around the table.

The referee must be widely accepted, not someone whose decisions will every three times throw water into the mill of obsolescence and toxicity. Any path other than the obvious one would set fire to the championship that all four teams look set to claim. It is the same that participates in European cup groups. And it will be a path…that meets an investigation that must at some point give a result: because if Steve Bennett insists that he received interferences in his work and therefore resigned, the person who orchestrated these interferences must also be at the forefront. Of the responsibilities…

If anyone disagrees? He won’t raise his hand. But he will now show his intentions publicly. And this time he will have to do it with UEFA against his own team…