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Finance

Nov 11, 2025

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16 min read

FootBiz newsletter #121: Why Apollo buying Atletico Madrid is such a big deal

PLUS: Fuming Boro get £3m compensation, FIFPRO row with FIFA deepens

Ed Malyon, +1

Finance

Aug 6, 2025

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20 min read

FootBiz newsletter #95: The Championship resumes with Sheffield Wednesday on the brink

PLUS: A huge story at ESPN, FIFA lawsuit, Morecambe in real danger and more

Ed Malyon, +1

Finance

Jul 9, 2025

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25 min read

FootBiz newsletter #91: D-Day for Lyon, Barca's latest issues and will PL close swap deal loophole?

Plus: UK's football regulator to become law and Chelsea's CWC windfall

Ed Malyon, +1

Finance

Jul 2, 2025

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27 min read

FootBiz newsletter #90: Eagle Football latest, another winter World Cup and Villa 'do a Chelsea'

Why we might be headed for more mid-season disruption

Ed Malyon, +1

Finance

Oasis, Glastonbury and football's slide into ticketing hell

Jun 28, 2025

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10 min read

Oasis, Glastonbury and football's slide into ticketing hell

Dynamic pricing is a dirty word but it's ready and willing to smear itself all over the people's game

Rob Draper

Finance

Jun 10, 2025

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24 min read

FootBiz newsletter #87: Palace vs UEFA, Club World Cup latest and two debutants secure 2026 places

Gianni Infantino's consecutive summers of fun begin this weekend

Ed Malyon, +1

Finance

Regulation or free-for-all? Football stands at a fork in the road

Apr 28, 2025

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11 min read

Regulation or free-for-all? Football stands at a fork in the road

Competitive balance, protective cartels and a problem that nobody has solved 20 years later

Rob Draper

Finance

What stage of PSG's evolution are we at?

Apr 16, 2025

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11 min read

What stage of PSG's evolution are we at?

They may finally be genuine challengers for the Champions League, but in some respects the Qatar project is facing a fork in the road

Rob Draper

Finance

Manchester United's new stadium will be terrific, but what about the football?

Apr 2, 2025

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9 min read

Manchester United's new stadium will be terrific, but what about the football?

Even if the audacious design is likely pared back, the real work is yet to take place

Rob Draper

Finance

Apr 1, 2025

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22 min read

FootBiz newsletter #69: Financials deadline day, Man City legal spend and £200m for Chelsea Women's team

It's a big day for football club accounts watchers everywhere

Ed Malyon, +1

Finance

Do a deal or double down? How Newcastle United's cup win may change their thinking

Mar 19, 2025

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8 min read

Do a deal or double down? How Newcastle United's cup win may change their thinking

The allure of a trophy win and the promise of tomorrow

Rob Draper

Finance

From Vegas to Bournemouth, Bill Foley has the Cherries among the high rollers

Mar 14, 2025

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8 min read

From Vegas to Bournemouth, Bill Foley has the Cherries among the high rollers

The West Point graduate and wine enthusiast has helped the Boscombe club kick on to unimaginable heights

Rob Draper

Finance

Mar 13, 2025

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17 min read

FootBiz newsletter #64: Behind Sir Jim's PR push and Ronaldo's election U-turn

PLUS: Everton's owners bid for an NBA team, more United exits and another 777 club is sold

Ed Malyon, +1

Data

Feb 7, 2025

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9 min read

Are Liverpool the best-run superclub?

A commitment to data has underpinned a structure and strategy that has maintained success in a way rivals have not been able to

Rob Draper

Finance

As other revenue streams flatten, football's arms race on stadiums has begun

Jan 29, 2025

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10 min read

As other revenue streams flatten, football's arms race on stadiums has begun

State-of-the-art facilities that provide year-round corporate and events revenue are the new edge on elite competition in football

Rob Draper

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

Ed Malyon, +1

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

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

Ed Malyon, +2

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...

Ed Malyon

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

Ed Malyon, +1

Data

The INEOS curse: what evidence is there Sir Jim Ratcliffe can bring success to Manchester United?

Dec 11, 2024

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7 min read

The INEOS curse: what evidence is there Sir Jim Ratcliffe can bring success to Manchester United?

From cycling to sailing via Nice and Lausanne, how can we be sure he knows what he's doing?

Rob Draper

Data

Dec 10, 2024

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14 min read

FootBiz newsletter #29: why Dan Ashworth left Manchester United, plus Nike, Man City and more

A big move by the Old Trafford club analysed and dissected

Ed Malyon, +1

Finance

Nov 19, 2024

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17 min read

FootBiz newsletter #24: Why Barcelona and Lyon both need to find €100m... quickly

PLUS: England hope to play friendlies in the USA, APT rules set for vote and more

Ed Malyon, +1

Finance

Nov 12, 2024

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13 min read

FootBiz newsletter #22: APT vote on a knife-edge plus governance bill and Club World Cup latest

Next week's vote is in the balance but don't expect a rush of inflated sponsorship deals to be rammed through

Ed Malyon, +1

Finance

Nov 7, 2024

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11 min read

FootBiz newsletter #21: Arsenal's inner workings, a key Premier League vote and a wild tale from Mexico

Come for the latest on several big Premier League stories, stay for a wild tale from Liga MX

Ed Malyon, +1

Finance

FootBiz newsletter #121: Why Apollo buying Atletico Madrid is such a big deal

FootBiz newsletter #95: The Championship resumes with Sheffield Wednesday on the brink

FootBiz newsletter #91: D-Day for Lyon, Barca's latest issues and will PL close swap deal loophole?

FootBiz newsletter #90: Eagle Football latest, another winter World Cup and Villa 'do a Chelsea'

Oasis, Glastonbury and football's slide into ticketing hell

FootBiz newsletter #87: Palace vs UEFA, Club World Cup latest and two debutants secure 2026 places

Regulation or free-for-all? Football stands at a fork in the road

What stage of PSG's evolution are we at?

Manchester United's new stadium will be terrific, but what about the football?

FootBiz newsletter #69: Financials deadline day, Man City legal spend and £200m for Chelsea Women's team

Do a deal or double down? How Newcastle United's cup win may change their thinking

From Vegas to Bournemouth, Bill Foley has the Cherries among the high rollers

FootBiz newsletter #64: Behind Sir Jim's PR push and Ronaldo's election U-turn

Are Liverpool the best-run superclub?

As other revenue streams flatten, football's arms race on stadiums has begun

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 #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 INEOS curse: what evidence is there Sir Jim Ratcliffe can bring success to Manchester United?

FootBiz newsletter #29: why Dan Ashworth left Manchester United, plus Nike, Man City and more

FootBiz newsletter #24: Why Barcelona and Lyon both need to find €100m... quickly

FootBiz newsletter #22: APT vote on a knife-edge plus governance bill and Club World Cup latest

FootBiz newsletter #21: Arsenal's inner workings, a key Premier League vote and a wild tale from Mexico

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