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Finance

Player values edge back up but Messi drops to €124m. Bayern starlet Davies adds €35m

September 2 – A new analysis of player values has found that in the major 10 European leagues they are showing signs of recovery due to the fact that almost all leagues were eventually able to finish the 2019/20 season. However, most players still have not regained their ‘pre-pandemic’ market value.

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Europe

Charlton set for another new owner as court rules there is no time to wait for Elliott

September 2 – Businessman Paul Elliott has had his takeover attempt thwarted after he was denied an injunction to prevent the sale of Charlton to any other party, meaning a takeover by US-based Danish businessman Thomas Sandgaard could be imminent.

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Finance

Racist charges force Hansen to put Salt Lake MLS and NWSL clubs up for sale

September 1 – The owner of a Major League Soccer franchise in the United States is selling up amid allegations of racism.

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FIFA

FIFA doubled spending on 2019 Women’s World Cup

By David Owen

August 31 – FIFA invested nearly twice as much in last year’s Women’s World Cup in France as in the tournament’s previous edition in Canada in 2015.

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FIFA

Infantino’s FIFA sees commercial revenues stall as staff count doubles

By David Owen

August 28 – Gianni Infantino’s New FIFA may have enjoyed the odd commercial success, notably with esports, but it has failed to reignite the body’s value as a marketing vehicle for international corporations. This has been treading water since FIFA was engulfed by reputational issues in the final days of the Blatter era.

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Finance

Serie A closes in on venture capital cash as CVC and Advent pitch a new deal

August 26 – Private equity is a step closer to investing in the Italian top flight with firms CVC Capital Partners and Advent International preparing a joint bid of €1.3 billion for a minority stake in Serie A.

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Finance

Man City owners CFG closing in on acquisition of first French club

August 21 – Manchester City’s owners City Football Group (CFG) are reportedly still in discussions to buy French second division club ESTAC Troyes.

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Finance

Dortmund catches Covid reporting a €44m loss as match day and transfer revenues hit

By Paul Nicholson

August 18 – German giants Borussia Dortmund have reported a loss of €43.9 million for the  2019/20 financial year ending June 30 on revenues of €486.9 million. The club had reported a €17 million profit in 2018/19.

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Finance

Lyon shares enjoy bounce after upsetting Guardiola’s City

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By David Owen

August 18 – Michel Platini once told me that he would be annoyed if one day, when asked how their club had got on, football fans replied that the shares had gone up, rather than giving the result of a match.

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Finance

Another day, another dollar. Will Singapore buyer succeed where Saudis failed with Newcastle

August 18 – In the latest twist and turn in the long-running Newcastle takeover saga, a Singapore-backed company Bellagraph Nova Group (BNG) has claimed it has opened ownership talks with the Tyneside club.

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Europe

Atalanta secure bank and stadium cash with Intesa Sanpaolo as they ready for PSG clash

August 12 – Serie A’s Atalanta, who face PSG in the quarter finals of the Champions League tonight, have unveiled Intesa Sanpaolo as a club sponsor and banking partner who lead on the financing of a €40 million stadium redevelopment.

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Finance

Player wages: Barca average $12.28m, Man City $9.15m, Liverpool $7.25m

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August 11 – Barcelona pay their players an $12.28 million annually, more than any other club in the world. That is more than a million more than Real Madrid (the world’s second highest payers) at $11.5 million.

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Finance

Boris joins Toon Army questioning PL over the colour of Saudi money

August 11 – It isn’t every day that the prime minister of a country gets involved in a specific club take-over, but Boris Johnson has called on the English Premier League to explain why it neither approved nor rejected the recently failed Newcastle United deal.

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Europe

Financially threatened EFL clubs to vote bring in salary cap for third and fourth tiers

August 7 – For years salary caps have been resisted in English football but clubs in  the third and fourth tiers, hit hard by the effects of Covid-19, have had to bit the bullet.

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Europe

Roma swap millionaire for billionaire US owner in €591m deal

August 6 – An exciting new era looks in store for Roma, with Texas-based Italian-American billionaire Dan Friedkin signing a deal to purchase the famed Serie A side.

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