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Nov 11, 2025 · finance
FootBiz newsletter #121: Why Apollo buying Atletico Madrid is such a big deal
PLUS: Fuming Boro get £3m compensation, FIFPRO row with FIFA deepens
Matt Hughes
Aug 6, 2025 · finance
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
Matt Hughes
Jul 9, 2025 · finance
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
Matt Hughes
Jul 2, 2025 · finance
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
Matt Hughes
Jun 28, 2025 · finance
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
Jun 10, 2025 · finance
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
Matt Hughes
Apr 28, 2025 · finance · Premium
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
Apr 16, 2025 · finance
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
Apr 2, 2025 · finance · Premium
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
Apr 1, 2025 · finance
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
Matt Hughes
Mar 19, 2025 · finance
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
Mar 14, 2025 · finance · Premium
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
Mar 13, 2025 · finance
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
Matt Hughes
Feb 7, 2025 · data · Premium
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
Jan 29, 2025 · finance · Premium
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
Jan 16, 2025 · finance
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
Matt Hughes
Jan 15, 2025 · finance · Premium
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
Jan 7, 2025 · finance
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
Matt Hughes
Jan 6, 2025 · finance
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...
FootBiz Staff
Jan 2, 2025 · finance
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
Matt Hughes
Dec 11, 2024 · data · Premium
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
Dec 10, 2024 · data
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
Matt Hughes
Nov 19, 2024 · finance
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
Matt Hughes
Nov 12, 2024 · finance
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
Matt Hughes
