June 10 – Last week’s reported agreement between Major League Soccer (MLS) and the MLS Players Association (MLSPA) regarding FIFA Club World Cup compensation has collapsed, with the sides failing to reach terms on a revised section of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
June 5 – Rasim Ljajić, the new President of Partizan Belgrade, revealed that the club reduced its debts by €13m to €47m. Following a meeting of the General Assembly, the highest governing body of the club has also elected a new leadership team for a five-year term.
June 5 – Spanish giants Barcelona are once again facing financial fair play (FFP) concerns with the football institution in the crosshairs of UEFA over concerns that club have registered income from assets that the European governing body does not consider relevant under its regulations.
June 4 – Barcelona progidy Lamine Yamal, 18 years-old in July, is the most valuable player in world football, worth a full €162 million than second highest value Erling Haaland and €170 million more than Jude Bellingham.
June 4 – Legendary NFL quarterback Peyton Manning has become a minority owner in the new Denver NWSL team that will debut in the 2026 season.
June 3 – Manchester United’s want-away winger Jadon Sancho has found himself back at the club after Chelsea baulked at turning his loan into an acquisition and instead paid the £5 million penalty clause not to take him.
June 4 – Football media giant Footballco has bought YouTube football funnies animation brand and studio 442oons.
June 3 – The German Football League (DFL) has reinforced the Bundesliga’s reputation as one of the most financially stable and transparently governed football ecosystems in the world, releasing a comprehensive set of financial data for all 36 clubs in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 as part of the annual licensing procedure.
June 3 – The FIFA Club World Cup promises to deliver one of the largest prize pools in football history, leading Seattle Sounders players to demand their fair share of the unprecedented financial windfall.
June 3 – With a net worth of $280 million, Angel City FC tops Forbes’s first-ever valuation of National Women’s Soccer League clubs.
June 2 – The San Francisco 49ers group, fresh off securing promotion with Leeds United to the Premier League, has now set its sights on Glasgow Rangers. On Friday, the group confirmed it had acquired a 51% controlling stake, laying out a plan for long-term financial sustainability and improving “on-pitch performance”.
June 2 – A damning new report from Enders Analysis has dropped the hammer on Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, calling them out for what can only be described as willful negligence in the face of “industrial scale theft”.
May 30 – Real Madrid may have played a season without significant silverware but they have retained their title of being the world’s most valuable football club, according to the 10th Football Benchmark Football Clubs’ Valuation: The European Elite report, with an Enterprise Value (EV) of €6.3 billion.
May 30 – U.S. ownership of English Premier League clubs has become commonplace, and now women’s football is emerging as the next frontier. Ballard Capital, led by Angie and Chris Long (pictured) – owners of the Kansas City Current in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – has acquired Danish club HB Køge Women.
May 28 – Former Bayern Munich CEO and legendary Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn has formally submitted a bid to acquire crisis-stricken Girondins de Bordeaux, as the six-time French champions face a pivotal bankruptcy court hearing that could determine their future.