UEFA turmoil deepens as Zvonimir Boban resigns in protest at Čeferin’s presidential power move

EXIT DOOR: Former footballer Zvonimir Boban looks on prior to kick off of the UEFA Champions League group E match between Dinamo Zagreb and AC Milan. Pic: Jurij Kodrun/Getty Images

Turmoil inside European soccer body UEFA fueled by its president Aleksander Čeferin’s push to change statutes that would let him stay in office longer led to a first exit of a senior manager on Thursday.

Zvonimir Boban, the former Croatia and AC Milan great, cited his “total disapproval” for Čeferin’s political power move in his decision to leave his job as UEFA Chief of Football after three years.