Sunday, November 13, 2005

Those present at the initial encounter - which passed off amicably - are understood to have included Roberto Bettega, vice president of Juventus, the leading Italian club, and president of the G-14 grouping of top European clubs; John Jaakke, chairman of Ajax of the Netherlands; David Dein, vice chairman of London-based Arsenal; Joseph Blatter, president of Fifa, world football’s governing body; and Mathieu Sprengers, an executive committee member of Uefa, European football’s governing body, representing Lennart Johansson, the Uefa president. . Britain, France and Germany have drafted a proposal offering Iran the chance to transfer its uranium enrichment activities to Russia, an EU diplomat told Reuters on Friday.