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How do we solve football's reliance on revenue from betting companies?
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Sep 4, 2024

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5 min read

How do we solve football's reliance on revenue from betting companies?

Sponsorships expert Ricardo Fort looks at the confusing advertising environment around gambling

Ricardo Fort
Ricardo Fort

Finance

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FootBiz newsletter #2: Liverpool contract extensions, CFG share issue and investing in Rangers

Sep 3, 2024

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16 min read

FootBiz newsletter #2: Liverpool contract extensions, CFG share issue and investing in Rangers

Would you buy a Scottish Premiership team?

Finance

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Chelsea owners Clearlake have aggressively taken risk after risk, increasingly they need them to come off
LockSimple

Sep 3, 2024

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7 min read

Chelsea owners Clearlake have aggressively taken risk after risk, increasingly they need them to come off

From the hotel sales and women's team transaction to Maresca's already infamous 'Bomb Squad', Blueco "keep doubling down"

Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes

Data

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Welcome to FootBiz - newsletter #1

Aug 29, 2024

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16 min read

Welcome to FootBiz - newsletter #1

Including: the problem with cost control measures, John Textor's plan, the rise of the buyback, where scouting fits in the modern recruitment operation and much more

Finance

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The lesson as this transfer window closes? Clubs have found all the loopholes
LockSimple

Aug 28, 2024

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6 min read

The lesson as this transfer window closes? Clubs have found all the loopholes

Setting rules for financial cost controls is a virtuous aim, but increasingly a game of regulatory whack-a-mole

Kieran Maguire
Kieran Maguire

Data

"The war has been won": Every club uses data, the key is how they use it - but the same applies to scouts
LockSimple

Aug 28, 2024

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9 min read

"The war has been won": Every club uses data, the key is how they use it - but the same applies to scouts

Using data well is not the same as simply using data, and the role of the traditional scout in an evolving transfer process is becoming more specialised

Rob Draper
Rob Draper

Legal

In an evolving transfer market, clauses are king: the rise of the buyback and matching rights
LockSimple

Aug 28, 2024

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7 min read

In an evolving transfer market, clauses are king: the rise of the buyback and matching rights

As the market becomes more sophisticated, clubs are finding ways to retain control and optionality even after a player has been sold

Daniel Geey & Alex Harvey
Daniel Geey & Alex Harvey

Finance

What is John Textor's big plan?
LockSimple

Aug 27, 2024

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2 min read

What is John Textor's big plan?

With offers on two Premier League clubs in the same week, issues in France and a potential six-year ban in Brazil, Matt Hughes looks at the American's path forward

Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes
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