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FootBiz Europe: Antwerp changes hands, Greece breaks its transfer record and Partizan cuts €19m of debt

Randers, Eupen and Grasshopper find new owners as capital, player trading and commercial growth reshape the continent beyond the Big Five.

Sep 29, 2026

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FootBiz newsletter #199: Milan lost €24m without Europe. Revenue still reached €465m.

Sevilla's sale process, Porto's financial rebuild, England's transfer-market dominance and the battle for Balkan talent

Oceania

FootBiz Australia & New Zealand: The OFC Pro League has three years to build a business

Sep 29, 2026

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FootBiz Australia & New Zealand: The OFC Pro League has three years to build a business

Perth Glory's property project, Australia's Italian pathway, South Melbourne's expansion case, the referee strike, New Zealand's derby economy and Portsmouth's A-League recruitment.

North America

FootBiz MLS: Colorado turned areported $1m into $17m - then went back to Australia

Sep 28, 2026

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FootBiz MLS: Colorado turned areported $1m into $17m - then went back to Australia

USL rewrites revenue sharing, KKR builds around MLS reserve teams, Nomadar buys into youth soccer, San Diego exports prospects and the UFL moves into soccer stadiums.

WOMENS

Sep 28, 2026

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8 min read

FootBiz Women: Women's football is building its own institutions

Germany is giving its top clubs more control, France has landed a first major leaguepartner, Bay FC has recruited from Chelsea and investors are building new executive andinfrastructure platforms across the women's game.

Asia & Middle East

FootBiz Indonesia: Indonesian football now has a Rp705bn league business

Sep 27, 2026

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FootBiz Indonesia: Indonesian football now has a Rp705bn league business

League revenue has reached Rp705bn, Persib has 16 sponsors, Persija is building around JIS, clubs can register 11 foreign players and Indonesian capital is moving into European football.

Asia & Middle East

FootBiz Middle East: Saudi Arabia is building a football club around a city

Sep 26, 2026

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FootBiz Middle East: Saudi Arabia is building a football club around a city

Diriyah is tying a newly promoted club to one of Saudi Arabia's largest developmentprojects, while Gulf player trading accelerates, Al-Sadd looks beyond Qatar, Al-Ain testsSaudi spending and Al-Wasl expands its commercial operation.

Africa

Sep 26, 2026

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FootBiz North Africa: Four football economies, four different models

Morocco is building football into national infrastructure. Al-Ahly is monetising scale.Algeria is testing corporate ownership. Tunisia is confronting financial fragility. Acrossthe region, clubs are asking how to retain more of the value created by their players.

Africa

Sep 25, 2026

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12 min read

FootBiz Sub-Saharan Africa: African football is trying to turn itself into an asset

African football has never lacked audiences or talent. Now its leagues, clubs and academies are trying to capture more of the value they create. Tanzania is exploring capital markets. Nigeria has a new title sponsor. ASEC Mimosas is generating billions of CFA francs from player trading and development. Right to Dream is investing again in Ghana. And 23 years after Génération Foot and Metz built their pathway from Senegal to Europe, the pipeline is still producing players. Across the continent, a different football economy is beginning to take shape.

Newsletter

Sep 25, 2026

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9 min read

FootBiz newsletter #198: Europe’s next great football trade is happening in the north

Scandinavian clubs are exporting players at extraordinary rates, while Nantes attracts buyers, Atalanta approaches €800m in estimated trading gains, Legia takes American capital, Palace rebuilds Selhurst Park and LaLiga spends again.

Africa

Sep 25, 2026

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8 min read

FootBiz South Africa: Sundowns enter a different financial universe

South African football is becoming a more valuable business. Sundowns are going global, CANAL+ has changed the media landscape, clubs are finding new ways to develop and export players — but governance, stadiums and the economics of the domestic game remain works in progress.

Mexico & Central America

Sep 23, 2026

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FootBiz Mexico & Central America: Atlas spends big as Liga MX is repriced

León talks to investment funds, Liga MX pursues centralised rights, promotion becomes a valuation fight and Panama builds its commercial base.

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FootBiz Europe: Antwerp changes hands, Greece breaks its transfer record and Partizan cuts €19m of debt

FootBiz newsletter #199: Milan lost €24m without Europe. Revenue still reached €465m.

FootBiz Australia & New Zealand: The OFC Pro League has three years to build a business

FootBiz MLS: Colorado turned areported $1m into $17m - then went back to Australia

FootBiz Women: Women's football is building its own institutions

FootBiz Indonesia: Indonesian football now has a Rp705bn league business

FootBiz Middle East: Saudi Arabia is building a football club around a city

FootBiz North Africa: Four football economies, four different models

FootBiz Sub-Saharan Africa: African football is trying to turn itself into an asset

FootBiz newsletter #198: Europe’s next great football trade is happening in the north

FootBiz South Africa: Sundowns enter a different financial universe

FootBiz Mexico & Central America: Atlas spends big as Liga MX is repriced

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