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Aug 25, 2026

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7 min read

FootBiz newsletter #189: Saudi Football’s Ownership Endgame

Plus: Venezia’s boat business, Serie A’s reach gamble, Wrexham’s new banker and Chelsea Women’s Stamford Bridge experiment.

Aug 21, 2026

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7 min read

FootBiz newsletter #188: Football Sponsorship After the Betting Ban

Google’s AI play, Burnley’s 42-day sponsor, Salford’s Accenture model and the season ticket in a scarf.

Aug 18, 2026

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6 min read

FootBiz newsletter #187: Chelsea’s Ownership Endgame, Germany’s 50+1 Victory and Football Content’s New Buyer

Plus: European football passes €40bn, Canadian investment reaches Cliftonville, CAF packages three AFCON cycles and Deadline Day approaches.

International Coverage - Asia

Aug 17, 2026

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1 min read

Jリーグ秋春制元年:世界基準と移籍市場への挑戦

Jリーグの新たな秋春制は、史上最多の観客動員で幕を開け...そして移籍金とセルオン条項を巡る静かな戦いも始まっている。

Shinya Kizaki

The League That Never Was: Inside the Long Death of Africa's Super League

Aug 16, 2026

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8 min read

The League That Never Was: Inside the Long Death of Africa's Super League

Seven years after FIFA president Gianni Infantino promised the continent a $100 million competition, the African Football League has played 14 matches, crowned one champion and vanished. Patrice Motsepe says it is coming back later this year. However, the calendar says otherwise.

Owuraku Ampofo

Aug 14, 2026

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7 min read

FootBiz newsletter #186: Money, ownership and power across world football

This week's issue: Leicester's £200m sale search, the Bezos-backed Liverpool minority stake reportedly worth £4.4bn, the Premier League's post-gambling shirt-sponsorship scramble, and why Championship clubs are spending 96p of every £1 on wages.

FIFA blinks, Arsenal cash in and football goes looking for a new kind of shirt sponsor

Aug 11, 2026

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7 min read

FIFA blinks, Arsenal cash in and football goes looking for a new kind of shirt sponsor

Plus: Charlton are back on the market, Serie A looks east, MLS prepares for life after Garber and the West Ham ownership story refuses to go quietly.

Aug 7, 2026

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3 min read

The Future of Football Finance

In this fourth and final installment of Paul Quinn’s deep dive into the new era of club finances in Europe, we break down three plausible scenarios for European football’s cost-ratio era—and the decisions clubs should make now.

Paul Quinn

The New Economics of Player Trading: Valuations, Amortisation and the Inflation Hypothesis

Aug 5, 2026

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6 min read

The New Economics of Player Trading: Valuations, Amortisation and the Inflation Hypothesis

Why cost-ratio rules reward young talent, amplify player-trading profits and create incentives to inflate prices.

Paul Quinn

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Analysis

FootBiz newsletter #189: Saudi Football’s Ownership Endgame

FootBiz newsletter #188: Football Sponsorship After the Betting Ban

FootBiz newsletter #187: Chelsea’s Ownership Endgame, Germany’s 50+1 Victory and Football Content’s New Buyer

Jリーグ秋春制元年:世界基準と移籍市場への挑戦

The League That Never Was: Inside the Long Death of Africa's Super League

FootBiz newsletter #186: Money, ownership and power across world football

FIFA blinks, Arsenal cash in and football goes looking for a new kind of shirt sponsor

The Future of Football Finance

The New Economics of Player Trading: Valuations, Amortisation and the Inflation Hypothesis

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