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Stories on the political and governance side of football

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

Politics

The Club World Cup is here, and with it football's long-awaited new battleground

Jun 13, 2025

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11 min read

The Club World Cup is here, and with it football's long-awaited new battleground

You can see this tournament in a number of ways, but mainly as FIFA's tanks arriving on UEFA's lawn

Rob Draper

Politics

Sovereign wealth vs private equity: The Champions League final is a microcosm of elite football's modern tussle

May 30, 2025

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9 min read

Sovereign wealth vs private equity: The Champions League final is a microcosm of elite football's modern tussle

One of the most famous state-backed projects takes on a club owned by a US fund - what could be more fitting in 2025?

Rob Draper

Legal

Competition law and carve outs: How does the Premier League untie its Gordian knot?

Mar 7, 2025

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7 min read

Competition law and carve outs: How does the Premier League untie its Gordian knot?

Either a collective bargaining agreement, carve out or full rules amnesty and reset could be needed to unpick football's legal spiral

Rob Draper

Newsletter

Mar 6, 2025

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16 min read

FootBiz newsletter #62: FIFA provides more details on $2bn Club World Cup

Non-participating clubs will share a $150m 'solidarity' fund but questions remain

Ed Malyon, +1

Legal

Feb 17, 2025

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5 min read

Analysis: How Manchester City's latest legal challenge has paralysed the Premier League's attempts at reform

While the league's owners are more united than in recent years, planned changes are now on ice until the legal battles reach a definitive judgement

Matt Hughes

Newsletter

Feb 11, 2025

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19 min read

FootBiz newsletter #55: legal battles for the Premier League and Real Madrid go on the warpath

It's a bumper newsletter today with lots of people in football seemingly very unhappy with other people in football

Ed Malyon, +1

Politics

Parachute payments and oligopoly: is the Premier League becoming a closed shop?

Jan 24, 2025

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11 min read

Parachute payments and oligopoly: is the Premier League becoming a closed shop?

With the three promoted sides looking destined to be relegated for the second successive season, Rob Draper asks if there are structural issues that the league must fix?

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

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 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

Newsletter

Dec 19, 2024

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18 min read

FootBiz newsletter #32: is the Unify League even supposed to work?

The rebranded and reworked Super League still has more questions than answers

Ed Malyon, +1

Media

Dec 17, 2024

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17 min read

FootBiz newsletter #31: the texts that sent John Textor and Nasser al-Khelaifi's spat nuclear, plus drama in Mexico

Maybe it's the time of year but what a spicy week in the business of football

Ed Malyon, +1

Newsletter

Dec 12, 2024

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14 min read

FootBiz newsletter #30: FIFA fallout, an INEOS deep dive and more

PLUS: Why did CONMEBOL get taken out of the World Cup rotation in exchange for just three games

Ed Malyon, +1

Politics

This week's World Cup 'vote' is short on details and democracy

Dec 9, 2024

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5 min read

This week's World Cup 'vote' is short on details and democracy

As FIFA prepares for hosts to be announced by applauding acclamation, dissenters appear to have given up

Matt Hughes

Politics

By cosying up to power, FIFA knows it can get away with whatever it wants

Dec 4, 2024

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8 min read

By cosying up to power, FIFA knows it can get away with whatever it wants

Once the Trump show is over, we'll face nearly a decade of FIFA ducking and diving important questions on Saudi Arabia's World Cup

Rob Draper

Politics

What you missed from FIFA's Friday news dump

Dec 2, 2024

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2 min read

What you missed from FIFA's Friday news dump

For premium subscribers: World football's governing body ignored their own human rights sub-committee on Qatar, then published a 'whitewash' report on the Saudi bid

Media

Nov 28, 2024

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12 min read

FootBiz newsletter #26: Real Madrid prepare to welcome private investment

PLUS: a big media case in the US, M&A murmurs, Premier League legal news and States of Play

Ed Malyon, +1

Data

How academia helped shape the new school of Portuguese coaches

Nov 27, 2024

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10 min read

How academia helped shape the new school of Portuguese coaches

A country of just 10 million people punches above its weight thanks to a more open mind towards education

Rob Draper

Politics

Analysis: The Premier League defeats Manchester City in APT vote

Nov 22, 2024

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5 min read

Analysis: The Premier League defeats Manchester City in APT vote

Only Aston Villa, Newcastle and Nottm Forest sided with City on the amendments

Matt Hughes

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

Politics

As FIFA continues to dodge accountability, is reform even possible?

Nov 13, 2024

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7 min read

As FIFA continues to dodge accountability, is reform even possible?

And does FIFA even acknowledge the need to reform? Unfortunately we know the answer to that, but Rob Draper has some ideas

Rob Draper

Finance

Oct 31, 2024

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15 min read

FootBiz newsletter #19: Amorim, FIFA, PIF, Eagle Football, WSL and a bribery investigation

There is a lot going on in the world of football this week, so we tried to cover everything you might have missed (plus a little more Man United)

Ed Malyon, +1

Newsletter

Oct 24, 2024

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13 min read

FootBiz newsletter #17: Big EFL win in governance bill, ECA threat and PL meeting update

The much talked-about Football Governance Bill will be introduced in parliament today

Ed Malyon, +1

Politics

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

The Club World Cup is here, and with it football's long-awaited new battleground

Sovereign wealth vs private equity: The Champions League final is a microcosm of elite football's modern tussle

Competition law and carve outs: How does the Premier League untie its Gordian knot?

FootBiz newsletter #62: FIFA provides more details on $2bn Club World Cup

Analysis: How Manchester City's latest legal challenge has paralysed the Premier League's attempts at reform

FootBiz newsletter #55: legal battles for the Premier League and Real Madrid go on the warpath

Parachute payments and oligopoly: is the Premier League becoming a closed shop?

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

Joan Laporta and FC Barcelona are irreconcilable contradictions

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

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

FootBiz newsletter #32: is the Unify League even supposed to work?

FootBiz newsletter #31: the texts that sent John Textor and Nasser al-Khelaifi's spat nuclear, plus drama in Mexico

FootBiz newsletter #30: FIFA fallout, an INEOS deep dive and more

This week's World Cup 'vote' is short on details and democracy

By cosying up to power, FIFA knows it can get away with whatever it wants

What you missed from FIFA's Friday news dump

FootBiz newsletter #26: Real Madrid prepare to welcome private investment

How academia helped shape the new school of Portuguese coaches

Analysis: The Premier League defeats Manchester City in APT vote

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

As FIFA continues to dodge accountability, is reform even possible?

FootBiz newsletter #19: Amorim, FIFA, PIF, Eagle Football, WSL and a bribery investigation

FootBiz newsletter #17: Big EFL win in governance bill, ECA threat and PL meeting update

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