Liverpool top Euro ranking of squad transfer values beating Man City, Barca and Real Madrid
March 18 – Liverpool has the most valuable squad by transfer value at €1.4 billion, according to a ranking by the CIES Football Observatory.
Tag: finance
Up-for-sale Southampton post £30m loss
By David Owen
March 15 – Up-for-sale Southampton have become the latest Premier League club to serve notice that they tumbled into the red in 2018-19.
TTFA in crisis as debt hits $50m, accounts frozen and new House of Football remains closed
By Paul Nicholson
March 13 – Coronavirus is proving to be the scourge of world football but in Trinidad and Tobago the financial failure of the organisation and its new leaders to work their way out of or deal with a series of court cases is proving far more dangerous to the sport on the island.
Sale of João Félix delivers Benfica a €100m+ profit
March 11 – Portugal’s Benfica have reported a record €104.2 million first-half profit for 2019/20, largely due to the sale of one player. Last year the club reported a profit of €14.1 million.
Liverpool join the £300m club for annual staff costs
By David Owen
March 6 – Liverpool’s staff costs surged through the £300-million mark last season, as the Merseysiders put the finishing touches to the squad that is running away with this year’s Premier League title.
Flamengo title wins drive Brazilian giant to record $200m+ revenue
March 6 – Flamengo, boosted by winning their national and continental crowns, are set to report a record revenue of 959 million reias ($208 million) in 2019, according to an internal club report that will be submitted to an auditor.
Premier League foray carries Tan’s Cardiff out of the red – just
By David Owen
March 5 – Cardiff City managed only a modest profit during their brief return to the Premier League in 2018-19, in spite of a near four-fold increase in turnover.
Leicester slide to £20m loss in pursuit of Champions League return
By David Owen
March 4 – Leicester City tumbled into the red last year as the Thai-controlled club sought to rebuild the squad that carried it to a gloriously unexpected Premier League title in 2015-16.
Villa post near £70m loss after Lerner payment
By David Owen
February 28 – Relegation-threatened Aston Villa have disclosed a swingeing £68.9 million loss for the year to end-May 2019, the season culminating with a play-off victory over Derby County that took them back into the Premier League.
Klopp’s Liverpool machine continues to crank out profits – as well as wins
By David Owen
February 27 – The profitability of Premier League clubs has shown a sharp deterioration in 2018-19, the period for which financial results are currently being published. But, while their performance is likewise down from the heady levels of last year when, as first predicted by Insideworldfootball, they became the first football club in history to report an annual pre-tax profit of over £100 million, Liverpool continue to purr along rather nicely off the field as well as on.
Evonik make €15m profit on sale of 4.95% Dortmund stake
February 27 – Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund’s relationship with sponsor and shareholder Evonik is being reduced further following the chemical giant’s sale of 4.95% of its shares for a reported €35 million, profit of about €15 million on their initial value in 2014.
Man Utd debt rises to £391.3m, revenues drop 19.3% but on course for £155m+ profit
February 26 – The headlines from the release of Manchester United’s second quarter financials are that the club’s net debt has increased by £73.6 million to £391.3 million, and that total revenues have dropped by 19.3% to £168.4 million.
FIFA turns to private equity for CWC funding and hope it will Raine $$$
By Samindra Kunti
February 25 – Billions, billions and more billions. That seems to be a core part of Gianni Infantino’s modus operandi as supremo at FIFA. His latest trawl for cash has seen the world federation acquire the services of American financial firm Raine Group to seek the $1 billion the organisation will need to kick-start a revamped 24-team Club World Cup in 2021.
Bundesliga breaks €4bn revenue barrier, 28 out 36 clubs profitable
February 19 – Germany’s Bundesliga has reported record 2018/19 combined revenue for the 18 clubs in its top tier, breaking the €4 billion barrier for the first time, a 5.4% increase on the previous season.
Wolves enjoy life back in Premier League with £22m profit
By David Owen
February 18 – Wolverhampton Wanderers, the famous old Midlands club currently engaged on their first European campaign in almost four decades, have reported a rebound to profitability for their first season back in the Premier League.