Israeli FA challenges change of venue

Israeli FA (IFA) chairman Itzhak Menachem has written a strongly-worded letter to UEFA complaining about its decision to make Israeli clubs play their European ties later this month in a neutral country.

The IFA’s general-secretary Haim Zimmer followed up Menachem’s missive with a demand to plead their case in front of UEFA’s Emergency Panel, which is due to sit this morning.

Zimmer has threatened to take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) if UEFA do not allow them a hearing.