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Media executive David Kogan set to be English soccer regulator

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Martin Cloake

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Appointment seen as financial big-hitter, committed fan, and ‘nobody’s fool’.

Media executive David Kogan is the UK government’s preferred choice to chair the new Independent Football Regulator. He will now appear before MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee for pre-appointment scrutiny.

The news came before MPs voted by 342 votes to 70 to approve the secondFootball Governance

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