Nigel Farage says he has been invited to look at Sunderland after Ipswich go to backlash | EUROtoday

Reform UK chief Nigel Farage claims he has been provided an invite to attend a Sunderland house recreation on the Stadium of Light, and believes extra soccer golf equipment needs to be prepared to interact with him relating to the proposed Independent Football Regulator.

The announcement follows criticism earlier this week after Mr Farage visited Ipswich Town’s Portman Road stadium on Monday, forward of a rally within the city.

During his go to, he posed for pictures within the dressing room, media amenities and pitchside, recording a video the place he thanked the Suffolk membership for the “lovely welcome” he obtained.

Speaking in Sunderland, the place he was launching Reform UK’s native election marketing campaign, Mr Farage expressed his want to attend a match on the Stadium of Light quickly.

“I am hoping to go to a home game there at some point before the end of the season,” he instructed ITV News.

“I have been talking to one of the directors, and they would very much like to see me there for a home game. If I can make it, I will.”

Reports counsel the invitation originated from Sunderland director Juan Sartori. Sunderland has been contacted for remark relating to the invitation.

Mr Farage believes different golf equipment needs to be open to discussions concerning the authorities’s plan to introduce an impartial regulator for English soccer, a physique meant to function individually from each the federal government and current soccer authorities.

“Football clubs should want to talk to me,” Mr Farage said. “You know why? The government is about to bring in a football regulator, and I think the last thing English football needs – given what a massive success the Premier League is – is a state-appointed regulator.”

He added: “It is a conversation I had at Ipswich the other day, I will have at Sunderland before very long, and I want to speak to all the clubs about this.”

He clarified his intentions, saying: “It is not about support. It is about a football club being open to leaders of national political parties.”