August 23 – Sport Republic, the London-based investment firm which majority owns Premier League Southampton, has agreed to buy a 70% shareholding in Turkish second tier club Göztepe S.K.
August 18 – In the dark depths of the covid pandemic football clubs were forced to lock out their fans. But even without match day revenues, the European football market grew by 10% (€2.4billion) in 2020/21 to €27.6 billion.
August 15 – After all the noise of Barcelona struggling to register their new signings with LaLiga, the club eventually opened their season with a 0-0 draw against and with four of their big money signings cleared to play.
August 10 – Two days after Insideworldfootball and other media outlets reported that debt-ridden Barcelona are being blocked from registering all their summer signings by La Liga, there is still no breakthrough with the Spanish season almost upon us.
August 9 – The CVC-funded Boost LaLiga programme, that will see the venture capitalist invest nearly $2 billion in LaLiga’s commercial business entity, has now see its club membership grow to 40 teams.
August 5 – NHL stars Victor Hedman and Ondrej Palat have invested in League One club Plymouth Argyle.
July 22 – Spanish giants Barcelona have sold another 15% of their La Liga television rights to US investment firm Sixth Street to generate funds to spend in the transfer market.
July 22 – Chelsea’s new owners have raised £800 million in debt to help with future planning in the post-Abramovich era, focusing on revamping the squad and infrastructure.
July 21 – Inter Milan owner Steven Zhang has failed to wriggle out of $255 million of outstanding debts held by Suning Xiaodian, loans that he personally guaranteed.
July 19 – A US judge has authorised a minority investor in AC Milan to obtain documents in a legal effort to block the hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP from completing a €1.2 billion sale of the newly crowned Italian champions.
July 1 – Barcelona have confirmed the sale of a 10% stake in their LaLiga TV rights for the next 25 years to US private equity firm Sixth Street.
June 28 – Barcelona are reportedly on the verge of signing a €200 million sell off of 10% of their TV rights to US investment firm Sixth Street.
June 27 – With the ink barely dry on Erling Haaland’s €60 million switch to Manchester City, the club’s owners are on the brink of snapping up former Serie A club Palermo for what could prove to be a bargain €13 million.
By David Owen
June 20 – A second covid-affected season has produced a second-consecutive financial year spattered with red ink for clubs competing in England’s Premier League, the world’s richest national club football competition.
June 15 – Girondins de Bordeaux have been relegated to the French third division because of financial problems following a decision by French football’s financial watchdog the DNCG.