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Matt Hughes
133 статии
2.10.2024 г. · europe · Премиум
Premier League politics: How the dynamics of the league's owners have shifted once again
With rebels who have fallen in line, a helping hand from relegation and changing priorities, Richard Masters' ability to find compromise has received a significant boost
Matt Hughes
1.10.2024 г. · finance
FootBiz newsletter #10: Legal bills, Club World Cup, 50+1 and a battle to buy Argentina's biggest clubs
The Premier League's whopping legal expenses, a surprise name linked with Reading, multi-club owners circling Ligue 1 and more
Matt Hughes
26.09.2024 г. · europe
Footbiz newsletter #9: what to expect from today's Premier League meeting
PLUS: Everton's new owner (and their track record), UEFA's new distribution, Wimbledon and more
Matt Hughes
23.09.2024 г. · media · Премиум
Inside FIFA's pitch to save the Club World Cup
An urgent meeting called on Friday saw FIFA wheel out the big guns to save its attempt to cash in on the club game, but with resistance from clubs and commercial headwinds the question remains: will it work?
Ricardo Fort
20.09.2024 г. · finance · Премиум
A new season and new governing body for the WSL, but answers are needed on broadcasting future and its clubs' financial model
After a botched negotiation, WPLL will step up to negotiate who will broadcast the WSL with question marks hanging over the business side of a growing league
Matt Hughes
19.09.2024 г. · newsletter
FootBiz newsletter #7: Mbappe, UEFA threats, Reading deal collapses and will the players strike?
There's a lot going on this week. Let's try and make sense of it...
Matt Hughes
17.09.2024 г. · finance
FootBiz newsletter #6: Champions League bonuses, Man City hearing, independent regulator, Spurs, Valencia, Everton and more
PLUS: how do you help a new signing settle? Player care Q+A with Hugo Scheckter
Matt Hughes
16.09.2024 г. · europe · Премиум
Explained: UEFA, English football's independent regulator and some panic and paranoia amid the threats
With everyone in football setting out their own position on a new regulator, UEFA's unexpected intervention has heightened tensions
Matt Hughes
12.09.2024 г. · finance
FootBiz newsletter #5: Man United accounts, Boehly's new plan, Mbappe sues and more
In a bumper edition of the newsletter, we also hit Man City's 115 charges, FIFA's clearing house and a hedge fund billionaire helping out US soccer
Matt Hughes
9.09.2024 г. · europe · Премиум
"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
5.09.2024 г. · 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
3.09.2024 г. · finance · Премиум
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
27.08.2024 г. · finance · Премиум
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
