By David Owen
September 29 – Prominent FIFA sponsor Qatar Airways has received a helping hand from the Qatar government after what it described as “one of the most difficult years in the airline’s history”.
September 29 – Serie A’s Parma, is under new ownership with US-based Krause Group have taken a 90% stake in the club.
September 25 – A Chinese businessman who owns controlling stakes in LaLiga’s Granada and Portuguese club Tondela is facing bankruptcy proceedings in Hong Kong over a mountain of unpaid bills and debt.
September 25 – Burnley could become the latest American-owned Premier League club with ALK Capital reportedly in talks to buy the club.
September 25 – English football’s National League, just below the fourth division in the professional pyramid, are in talks with the government and Football Association over a “critical financial support package” as clubs risk even more losses because of Covid-19.
September 23 – Turkish club Trabzonspor are the latest to launch their own blockchain crypto-based Fan Tokens on the Socios.com platform, selling an initial 625,000 $TRA Fan Tokens in less than 5 minutes.
September 21 – Roman Abramovich, the Russian oligarch bankrolling English Premier League club Chelsea, faces accusations of holding secret investments in players not owned by his club.
September 21 – While top-flight clubs continue their summer transfer window spending, at the other end of the scale, 146-year-old Macclesfield Town has been wound up over debts totalling more than £500,000.
September 17 – A week after European Club Association chair and Juventus boss Andrea Agnelli warned of a two year €4 billion Covid cash crisis for clubs, his own team have announced a third year of losses.
September 17 – Football across the world will lose out on about $14 billion in revenue because of the effects of Covid-19, according to the official who leads the organisation’s coronavirus relief fund.
September 16 – Beitar Jerusalem have confirmed they are in talks with a potential investor from the United Arab Emirates following days of speculation.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 16 – Never go back is an old football adage. But in what would be an audacious verging on sensational swoop, Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly in talks with Real Madrid about an on-loan re-signing of Gareth Bale, whom they sold to the Spanish giants for a then world record transfer fee all of seven years ago.
September 15 – The hiring of a law firm by Mike Ashley and Newcastle United to contest the Premier League’s decision-making over the proposed takeover of the club by a Saudi-led consortium raises new questions over whether the deal for the club could be put back together.
September 14 – Waasland-Beveren have become the latest foreign-owned club in the Belgian top flight following investment by Bolt Football Holdings, the American majority owners of Crystal Palace.
September 10 – Newcastle United have accused the Premier League of acting inappropriately after it rejected a takeover by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium last month.