February 23 – Cagliari Calcio has confirmed majority shareholder Fluorsid Group is selling an additional 29% stake in the club to a group of US-based investors led by Maurizio Fiori and Prashant Gupta.
February 18 – Birmingham City Women have been sold to the club’s ownership group, Shelby Companies Limited, alongside a group of independent investors that includes former England international Karen Carney and former women’s tennis world No.1 Kim Clijsters, who has taken a minority stake.
February 16 – UEFA approved its 2024-25 accounts for the financial year at its congress in Brussels last week with a record €5 billion in total revenue being achieved, the first time it has passed that mark in a year without a men’s Euros final tournament.
February 12 – Premier League Brentford have posted record revenues of £173.1 million for the 2024–25 financial year, up from £166.5 million, but despite being noted for their data driven and economic approach, have still shown a pre-tax loss of £20.5 million.
February 13 – Bulgarian football legend Hristo Stoichkov is set to become a major shareholder in the Romanian top-flight club Farul Constanța, according to reports.
February 12 – Premier League Brentford have posted record revenues of £173.1 million for the 2024–25 financial year, up from £166.5 million, but despite being noted for their data driven and economic approach, have still shown a pre-tax loss of £20.5 million.
February 9 – Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo’s is more confirmation that ownership in clubs is becoming more of an asset class than a side hustle, especially where there is the opportunity to build portfolios at a knock-down rate compared to the franchise model of sporting institutions in the United States.
February 9 – FC Schalke 04 has raised approximately €7.5 million in new equity after selling a minority stake in the operating company of the VELTINS-Arena to fan-owned cooperative Auf Schalke eG – a move that forms part of the club’s ongoing financial restructuring.
February 6 – There were a record 5,973 international transfers recorded in the January trading window for men’s football, according to data from FIFA’s Transfer Snapshot report.
February 6 – FC Bayern München were the biggest prize money winners of the league stage of this year Champions League, with an enormous €100 million payout. They were closely followed by Liverpool (€97m), Manchester City (€97m), and Arsenal (€96m).
February 6 – Ten years on from the most improbable Premier League triumph in modern football history, and just five years removed from lifting the FA Cup, Leicester City now find themselves staring at the trapdoor of relegation from the Championship after being docked six points by the English Football League for breaching financial rules.
February 6 – Chicago-based investment firm Ariel Investments has raised its first women’s sports fund, announcing $250 million in committed capital for its Project Level, fund which invest in women’s sports.
February 6 – To ease the financial crisis at the club, Corinthians have renegotiated and repackaged debts of R$1.2 billion (€192 million).
February 3 – The rumours surrounding the acquisition of Premier League Tottenham Hotspur have intensified. Insideworldfootball has exclusively received verification that they are not just rumours but that an agreement is close on the acquisition of former Spurs executive chairman Daniel Levy’s near 30% shareholding in ENIC/THFC.
February 3 – Gerard Piqué’s Kings League has taken the non-traditional football world by storm, and now the financial world is waking up to its impact with a $63 million investment round.