October 17 – Atlético de Madrid has announced that its home ground, the Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium, will serve as the official training base for the National Football League’s Miami Dolphins, from November 12–15, ahead of the 2025 NFL International Game in Madrid.
October 17 – Brazil will play in London next month as Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium hosts the first of the Seleção’s two November friendlies in Europe against Senegal, ahead of their clash with Tunisia in Lille on 18 November.
October 17 – Levski Sofia’s goalkeeper, Svetoslav Vutsov, has withdrawn from the Bulgarian national team citing tension within the squad’s staff during the World Cup qualifiers against Spain and Turkey. Bulgaria were winless in the international window.
October 17 – The much-hyped Villarreal–Barcelona LaLiga game that may, or may not, take place in Miami this December has once again descended into confusion and contradiction.
October 16 – Real Madrid and France striker Kylian Mbappé has been named the most effective finisher in Europe’s top five leagues, according to new performance data published by the CIES Football Observatory in collaboration with analytics firm Impect.
October 16 – The RSC Anderlecht board of directors has approved the appointment of Michael Verschueren as the club’s new Chairman, part of the restructuring project undertaken by majority shareholder Marc Coucke.
October 16 – Inter Milan have reported record revenues of €567 million and a net profit of €35.4 million for the 2024/25 financial year — the club’s first profit in 15 years — marking another major step in their financial recovery and commercial growth.
October 16 – Relevent Football Partners (RFP) are wasting no time in flexing their newfound power in European football, opening up the sales process for UEFA’s new 2024–2027 men’s club competition sponsorship cycle, starting with one of the sport’s most lucrative categories – beer.
October 16 – The elite modern footballer is running on fumes. Between club, country, and increasingly commercial commitments, the calendar is a relentless treadmill with barely time to take a tea-break.
Europe’s elite clubs, including several from the Premier League, know that their prized assets can no longer keep producing performances without significant help from the administrators of the game.
October 16 – Poland’s top division, the Ekstraklasa, has officially launched the tender for its domestic and international media rights covering the 2027–2031 seasons.
October 16 – Real Madrid have extended their partnership with Mexico-based tech company Softtek, a strategic partner since 2022.
October 16 – With two match days to go in the international window next month, Concacaf’s remaining three automatic qualification slots are set to go down to the wire.
October 14 – In May Football Australia CEO James Johnson announced he was changing country and continent to take on the role of CEO at Canadian Soccer Business (CSB), the independent sports rights agency that handles all commercial and media rights to Canada’s men’s and women’s national team as well as the Canadian Premier League.
October 14 – One of Colombia’s most iconic stadiums, the Estadio Metropolitano, located in of Barranquilla, is set for a major facelift.
October 15 – The Albanian Football Federation (FSHF) has opened a new communications chapter via the launch of a dedicated channel, FSHF TV, which this week premiered its first show titled ‘Në Shtëpinë e Futbollit’ (In the House of Football), hosted by Lenida Halilaj.