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Finn financier enters race for Man Utd with offer to put half the club in fan ownership

March 24 – The race to buy Manchester United is hotting up with little-known Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus entering the fray.

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Europe

Wolves and Fosun look at buying a stake in Oostende, reports

March 22 – Wolverhampton Wanderers owner Fosun reportedly wants to invest in KV Oostende, a Belgian top flight club currently struggling at the bottom of the table and owned by Pacific Media Group (PMG).

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Finance

Sheikh Jassim and Sir Jim poised to boost bids for Man Utd today

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March 22 – A second round of bids to buy Manchester United is due later today with Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani reportedly set to make an improved offer.

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Finance

Hertha Berlin majority stake sold to 777 Partners as club seeks financial and Bundesliga stability

March 14 – Miami-based private equity firm 777 Partners has bought a 64.7% majority stake in Hertha Berlin, buying the shares of disaffected owner Lars Windhorst, held by his Peil Investment group.

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Europe

DFL to harden ‘50+1’ rule to protect German clubs from investor predators

March 9 – Germany’s football league (DFL) wants to tighten rules to stop investors taking full control of clubs.

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Finance

Owners move to bolster Leicester balance-sheet after heavy £92.5m loss

By David Owen

March 8 – Leicester City, the Midlands club enduring what by their recent standards is an undistinguished season in the lower reaches of the Premier League, have reported a near tripling of pre-tax losses for the year to end-May 2022.

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Finance

Wolves run up £46m loss despite falling costs

By David Owen

March 7 – Chinese-owned Wolverhampton Wanderers, currently experiencing an upturn in on-field fortunes under Spanish manager Julen Lopetegui, have posted a £46.1 million pre-tax loss for the year to end-May 2022.

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Finance

Debt issues forced Saints owner Sport Republic to drop acquisition of Bulgaria’s Levski

March 7 – Serbian Dragan Šolak, a majority shareholder in owner Sport Republic who are having a torrid time with their ownership of Southampton in the Premier League, has said that he pulled out of buying leading Bulgarian club Levski because of the huge debt the club had built up.

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Europe

Tebas says Man City probe is taking too long, EPL is unsustainable and CAS needs reviewing

By Paul Nicholson

March 3 – LaLiga’s CEO Javier Tebas took another swipe at Europe’s state funded clubs who he says have broken and continue to break all the financial rules, saying it has “taken too long” for the Premier League to bring financial breaches charges against Manchester City.

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Finance

Newcastle ownership under scrutiny as report identifies Saudi’s PIF as a government body

March 3 – The English Premier League has been urged to re-examine a legally binding promise made by Newcastle United’s Saudi owners that the Middle East state would not have control of the club.

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Finance

Fans’ return helps to ring up £7.5m profit for Fenway’s Liverpool

By David Owen

March 1 – Liverpool’s remarkable 2021-22 season has helped to restore the Merseyside club to profit. The Reds have served notice that pre-tax profit weighed in at £7.5 million in the year to end-May 2022; this compared with a loss of £4.8 million the previous year.

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Finance

Transfer spending disparity shows the increasing might of the Premier League

February 24 – At the beginning of February, Deloitte crunched the numbers for Premier League transfer spending, looking back at the recent January Wwindow, as well as the spending in the summer of 2022. As Deloitte pointed out, the figures were startling, with records being broken on all fronts.

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Finance

Player price inflation has averaged 9% per year over past decade, finds report

February 21 – The cost of buying players increased at an annual rate of 13.8% between the 2013/14 and 2019/20 seasons. The inflation bubble was burst with a -0.2% drop in the three seasons following the pandemic but player prices resumed their spectacular growth in 2022/23, suggesting a rapid return to record levels, said the CIES Football Observatory.

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Finance

Cash-strapped Birmingham City fall foul of EFL funding and ownership rules

Birmingham City

February 21 – English Tier-2 club Birmingham City could face a suspended points deduction after being charged with multiple counts of misconduct by the English Football League.

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Finance

Liverpool not for sale, says Henry, but new investor talks on-going

February 21 – Liverpool is not for sale but the club is in discussion with potential investors which owner John Henry expects to result in new money coming into the business.

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