Leicester owner writes off £194 million of debt in equity swap
February 2 – Many clubs have significant debts that are owed to owners and get paid off when the club is sold on.
Finance
Premier League clubs smash transfer spending records with £815m winter warmer
February 1 – Who says the mid-season winter transfer window is not the ideal time to bed players in?
Serie A clubs’ January transfer spending is lowest since 2006
February 1 – In contrast to the English Premier League, deadline day in Italy brought to an end a winter transfer window that saw the lowest spending by Serie A clubs in almost two decades.
Chelsea break British transfer record with €107m for Fernandez as Jan spending tops £300m
February 1 – Chelsea have completed their mind-boggling mid-season spending spree by smashing the British record after agreeing a record €121 million (£107 million) deal for Benfica’s Argentina World Cup-winning midfielder Enzo Fernandez.
Chelsea ready to spend again with £105m chase for Fernandez as transfer deadline closes
January 31 – As if their eye-watering spending wasn’t enough already, Chelsea are reported to be chasing Benfica’s Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernandez in the final hours of the January transfer window for a British record £105 million.
JP Morgan could go as high as €1bn for stake in Serie A’s media business, reports
January 27 – JP Morgan have added their names to a number of private equity investors interested in buying into Italy’s Serie A.
Chelsea double Man Utd’s transfer spend as Premier League splashes the cash
January 27 – Chelsea have spent more than double the amount of next biggest spending club Manchester United in the last two transfer windows.
Man Utd top league of big spenders as transfers hit record numbers in 2022
January 26 – FIFA’s new Global Transfer Report “with all-time record-setting” numbers has unsurprisingly revealed the dominance and power of the English top flight in the market. The 2022 outlay on player transfers stood at $6.5 billion, still below the pre-covid 2019 record of $7.35 billion.
UEFA to shut door on FFP accounting loophole that spreads transfer fees beyond 5 years
January 25 – A loophole in financial fair play rules that has been used by big-spending Premier League Chelsea to sign players on longer than usual deals is to be slammed shut by UEFA.
Moshiri says Everton not for sale, but funding needed to complete stadium
January 25 – Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has denied reports that the club is up for sale but that he has been meeting investors to complete financing of the club’s new stadium at Bramley Moor Dock.
Mbappé worth €32m more than Haaland, Rashford on the rise as young players dominate valuations
January 25 – PSG and France superstar Kylian Mbappé is the most valuable player in the world and worth €32 million more than Man City’s Erling Haaland, according to the latest player valuations from Football Benchmark.
Markets turn on Juve as share price plummets over false accounting conviction
January 24 – Shares in Juventus tumbled around 10% on Monday after the club was docked 15 points for its transfer dealings.
Juve shame: club hit with 15 point penalty for financial cheating, Agnelli banned for 2 years
January 23 – Italy’s most storied soccer club, Juventus, are reeling from a massive 15-point penalty for false accounting whilst their former president Andrea Agnelli is banned for two years.
One title they will keep: Man City top Money League for 2nd year; Premier League dominates
January 19 – From being UEFA financial fair play bad boys, Manchester City have engineered a remarkable turnaround, if you take the figures at face value.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos declare interest in buying £5bn Man Utd
January 18 – Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire owner of petrochemicals firm Ineos and one of Britain’s richest men, has entered the bidding process to buy Manchester United, a spokesperson for the company has confirmed.