October 20 – Erling Haaland (€196 million) is worth €28 million more than to Kylian Mbappé (€ 168 million) while Manchester City have the highest squad value in world football (€1.2 billion).
October 19 – The proposed takeover of English Premier League club Everton by American investment firm 777 Partners has come under further scrutiny after claims emerged the company has so far failed to provide audited financial statements to a British government regulator.
October 18 – Belgian amateur club KFC Diest have partnered with Saudi investor Fahad Al-Medlej, who previously chaired second-division club Al-Faisaly.
October 16 – The long running saga of the sale of Manchester United has taken an unexpected twist with the news that Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani has dropped his $6.1 billion cash bid to buy the club.
October 10 – Financially beleaguered Juventus have reported a loss of €123.7 million for the year ending 30 June 2023, an improvement of more than 50% on the previous year but still a huge deficit that has helped push net financial debt to €399.9 million.
October 5 – Specialist football financial research and advisory group Football Benchmark is collaborating with London’s Birkbeck University to launch a special course in football management and finance.
October 2 – Real Madrid have been revealed as the team with the highest wage bill in world football, sat at a staggering €11.5 million annual salary average, according to data supplied by Capology.
September 29 – Liverpool owner Fenway Sports Group has completed a sale of a minority stake in the club to New York-based private equity firm Dynasty Equity of up to $200 million.
September 27 – British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is reported to be preparing a “restructured” offer to speed up the takeover process at Manchester United as a deal to buy the iconic club drags on.
September 27 – Inter Milan are reporting losses of €85 million for the 2022/23 financial year on turnover of €425 million.
September 22 – Premier League Chelsea looks to have become more about the money than the football. The club, bought by Clearlake Capital and fronted by US investor Todd Boehly for £4.25 billion, has raised another $500 million in cash from US investor Ares Management.
September 20 – Turkey’s Besiktas have announced colossal debts amounting to amounted to TL 6.7 billion (€232 million) for the year to May 31, 2023.
September 19 – Just as they start their latest quest to land the elusive Champions League, Paris St. Germain are alleged to be under scrutiny yet again by UEFA – this time over their summer sales to Qatar.
September 19 – Fortaleza might become the next Brazilian club to adopt the SAF model (that allows for private investment and ownership) with a vote among members scheduled at this weekend’s extraordinary general assembly.
September 15 – Troubled Premier League club Everton, one of the sleeping giants of English football but punching well below their weight for years, are about to enter a new era after controversial majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri agreed to sell his 94% stake in the club to American investment fund 777 Partners.