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FootBiz newsletter #50: Ligue 1 crisis looming? Naomi Girma, Man City accusations and the end of VAR

A packed newsletter to notch up the half-century mark

Matt Hughes

Newsletter

Jan 21, 2025

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15 min read

FootBiz newsletter #49: Barcelona count cost of Camp Nou delay, Real Madrid elections, Chelsea investment

PLUS: the Champions League makes it January debut and a PSR update

Matt Hughes

Finance

Jan 16, 2025

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17 min read

FootBiz newsletter #48: Chelsea escape points deduction, PIF investing in DAZN and a major US lawsuit

Plus: Wrexham's potential path to the UEFA Conference League

Matt Hughes

Finance

Joan Laporta and FC Barcelona are irreconcilable contradictions

Jan 15, 2025

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8 min read

Joan Laporta and FC Barcelona are irreconcilable contradictions

The worst-run megabrand on the planet is also a successful club on the cusp of huge new revenue streams. We try to make sense of it

Rob Draper

Jan 14, 2025

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18 min read

FootBiz newsletter #47: Have Leicester avoided PSR reckoning? Plus John Textor re-ignites PSG row, Barca and Milan news

It's PSR day in England, and everyone's waiting to find out if the Premier League's rules were worth anything at all

Matt Hughes

Newsletter

Jan 9, 2025

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13 min read

FootBiz newsletter #46: Barcelona's stay of execution, inside Graham Potter's return and Arsenal's new sporting director?

PLUS: news on investment in Eagle Football, refinancing elsewhere in the Premier League and some housekeeping

Matt Hughes

Politics

Why VAR is doomed. A failed experiment that needs to be scrapped

Jan 8, 2025

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11 min read

Why VAR is doomed. A failed experiment that needs to be scrapped

There are several realities we must accept, and one is that you can’t have common sense refereeing and consistency

Rob Draper

Finance

Jan 7, 2025

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15 min read

FootBiz newsletter #45: Latest on Barcelona mess, identity of Reading buyer revealed

PLUS: Andrea Berta issues the first-ever 'come-and-get-me plea' by a sporting director

Matt Hughes, +1

Finance

A new era of football club ownership is about to begin

Jan 6, 2025

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10 min read

A new era of football club ownership is about to begin

Football is a sport that is addicted to borrowing from future earnings but kept getting its fix. That can't and won't go on...

Finance

Jan 2, 2025

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16 min read

FootBiz newsletter #44: Barcelona's enduring mess, Amazon's strategy and PSR season

If there are any levers left in the Catalonia region, please report to the Nou Camp

Matt Hughes

Newsletter

The one thing we'd change about football

Jan 1, 2025

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7 min read

The one thing we'd change about football

If you could change just one thing about the sport we love, what would it be?

Newsletter

Dec 24, 2024

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17 min read

FootBiz newsletter #33: Bumper Xmas edition as Netflix enter football

Sky Sports' new target, a windfall for Liverpool and Arsenal plus too many news items to mention

Matt Hughes

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FootBiz newsletter #50: Ligue 1 crisis looming? Naomi Girma, Man City accusations and the end of VAR

FootBiz newsletter #49: Barcelona count cost of Camp Nou delay, Real Madrid elections, Chelsea investment

FootBiz newsletter #48: Chelsea escape points deduction, PIF investing in DAZN and a major US lawsuit

Joan Laporta and FC Barcelona are irreconcilable contradictions

FootBiz newsletter #47: Have Leicester avoided PSR reckoning? Plus John Textor re-ignites PSG row, Barca and Milan news

FootBiz newsletter #46: Barcelona's stay of execution, inside Graham Potter's return and Arsenal's new sporting director?

Why VAR is doomed. A failed experiment that needs to be scrapped

FootBiz newsletter #45: Latest on Barcelona mess, identity of Reading buyer revealed

A new era of football club ownership is about to begin

FootBiz newsletter #44: Barcelona's enduring mess, Amazon's strategy and PSR season

The one thing we'd change about football

FootBiz newsletter #33: Bumper Xmas edition as Netflix enter football

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