October 2 – Player valuation site Transfermarkt has named Erling Haaland as the most valuable footballer in the world, with a record-breaking valuation of €200 million in its latest Premier League update. This not only crowns the Manchester City striker as the highest-valued player globally but also marks the highest market value in the sport’s history.
October 1 – Following an extraordinary meeting of Barcelona’s directors, the club are reporting a loss of €91 million for the 2023/24 financial year, though maintain that it is still moving financially towards profitability as it prepares for a return to its revamped Nou Camp Stadium.
September 27 – Bulgaria’s Spartak Varna owner Pavlin Nikolov has followed through on his promise and withdrawn from financing of the club after nearly 50 Spartak fans disrupted the team’s training session on Thursday and attacked head coach Kyriakos Georgiou.
September 26 – Inter Milan are reporting an increase of €48 million in revenue to €473 million for the 2023/24 financial year. The club also saw debt fall by around €50 million from €85 million to €36 million.
September 26 – Pavlin Nikolov,owner of the Bulgaria’s Spartak Varna, has said he will to stop funding the club if the fans “continue with the provocations”.
September 24 – Having pulled out of a deal to buy Everton on July 22, two months later The Friedkin Group has now reached an agreement to buy Farhad Moshiri’s majority 94% stake in the club.
September 24 – LaLiga’s Real Betis has received €125 million in a deal brokered by Goldman Sachs to restructure its debt and provide financial stability.
September 23 – The race for ownership stakes in the NWSL in the US has a new entrant with billionaire investor Marc Lasry reportedly close to taking a majority stake in the North Carolina Courage.
September 23 – Córdoba FC, promoted back into the second tier of Spain’s LaLiga via the play-offs at the end of last season, have announced San Francisco-based sports data analytics and software company Short Circuit Science as a minority investor.
September 20 – Serbia’s Red Star Belgrade has announced record revenue of €92 million since the start of the year.
September 19 – New data from Mastercard’s Economics Institute (MEI) detailed a significant economic boost for the local community, driven by Arsenal Women’s growing popularity.
September 17 – City Football Group (CFG) has added US investor Marcelo Claure to its New York City FC ownership group with a 10% stake in City Football Group US Holdco LLC.
September 16 – LaLiga’s Valencia CF has called in investment bank Goldman Sachs to raise €120 million as the club looks to reschedule its debt and provide cash to complete its Nou Mestalla stadium, 15 years after construction was halted.
September 16 – Real Madrid and FC Barcelona have received substantial increases in their LaLiga salary caps for the 2024-25 season that could take the brakes off Barca’s business in the upcoming transfer windows.
September 13 – The case, billed as football’s trial of the century, is to begin on Monday when Manchester City face 115 charges for allegedly breaking financial rules, with potentially huge ramifications.