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The dialogue soon shifted to the structural issues of club ownership and how they relate to transfer policies. There is an ongoing concern in European football regarding the integrity of the game in instances of club multi-ownership. This concern is particularly relevant as clubs like Botafogo and Lyon, under the same ownership structures, could potentially manipulate outcomes if they were to compete in the same tournaments.
Both Andrei and another expert highlighted the necessity for FIFA to develop clearer regulations surrounding club ownership and player transfers. They pointed to historical instances in the 1990s, where ownership complexities caused similar dilemmas, emphasizing the need for lessons learned from those cases to inform contemporary policies.