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Sep 10, 2024 · finance
FootBiz newsletter #4: Chelsea drama, Ligue 1, Pochettino and Barca presidential challenge
The international break appears to be the chosen time for Chelsea's ownership situation to irreversibly fracture
FootBiz Staff
Sep 9, 2024 · Premium
"It feels like Behdad's club": What to make of Chelsea's civil war going public
Todd Boehly was the face of the new Chelsea, but as his rift with Clearlake breaks into the news there are genuine questions over how this can be resolved
Matt Hughes
Sep 5, 2024 · finance
Analysis: how did Leicester get off PSR charges - and what happens next?
Matt Hughes spoke to legal experts and executives across the Premier League and EFL
Matt Hughes
Sep 5, 2024 · finance
FootBiz newsletter #3: Leicester taking the PSR, Premier League spending review and how to fix Barca
A deep dive into whether the Prem's bubble has burst, Ivan Toney's taxes and some other stuff outside our jurisdiction
FootBiz Staff
Sep 5, 2024 · finance · Premium
A history of Premier League transfer spending: has the bubble burst?
A dig into the numbers suggests that this summer's peculiar window might be something more akin to normal than a cause for panic
Kieran Maguire
Sep 4, 2024 · finance
How to fix FC Barcelona: Lean into La Masia, stop pulling levers and embrace the lean years
One of the greatest academies in the world might have to save the club, but it's up to the task
Rob Draper
Sep 4, 2024 · finance · Premium
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
Sep 3, 2024 · finance
FootBiz newsletter #2: Liverpool contract extensions, CFG share issue and investing in Rangers
Would you buy a Scottish Premiership team?
FootBiz Staff
Sep 3, 2024 · finance · Premium
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
Aug 29, 2024 · data
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
FootBiz Staff
Aug 28, 2024 · finance · Premium
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
Aug 28, 2024 · data · Premium
"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
Aug 28, 2024 · legal · Premium
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
Aug 27, 2024 · finance · Premium
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
