February 3 – RedBird Capital Partners has tightened its grip on AC Milan, announcing the successful completion of a refinancing that will strengthen the club’s long-term financial flexibility.
January 30 – A Botofogo court has prevented the cash-strapped Botafogo club from selling players and assets.
January 30 – With €232.6 million in match day revenues last season, Real Madrid lead a financial ranking of how much Europe’s leading clubs generate from match day activities at their home fixtures.
January 29 – Manchester United have formally placed Collette Roche at the centre of one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in European football, appointing her chief executive of the club’s new stadium development.
January 29 – FIFA has released in annual report of global transfer spending, with transactions in the transfer market topping €10 billion for the first time – a sign that football’s economic profile continues to expand.
January 28 – Private equity investment firm Ares Management has moved to take control of Eagle Football Holdings from American businessman John Textor.
January 28 – WSL Football, the independent business running Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship and which is owned by the clubs, has reported an operating loss of £8.2 million in its first year.
January 23 – The women’s transfer market is growing with transfer volume rising rapidly, and more clubs are working internationally, but fee-paying transactions are still a minority of overall activity.
A report by Football Benchmark finds that while the women’s transfer market is “scaling quickly it is still in the early stages of structural maturity.”
January 23 – Major League Soccer (MLS) has fixed one of its most persistent self-inflicted problems. For 2026, the league will extend its summer transfer window, with the deadline moving to September 2.
January 23 – AFC Bournemouth have received planning approval to carry out a package of ‘modernisation works’ at the Vitality Stadium, with the Premier League club outlining the project as a key step in its longer-term redevelopment plans.
January 22 – Real Madrid remain the financial benchmark in world football, finishing top of Deloitte’s latest Football Money League as the game’s biggest clubs pushed revenues to a new high.
January 21 – English football’s headline numbers continue to impress, but the underlying picture is far less comfortable, according to a new report from accountancy firm BDO – warning that sustained losses, rising costs and widening inequality are putting the game’s financial model under growing strain.
January 21 – Flamengo is flying high after a record-setting financial year. Club revenue last season hit R$2.1 billion ($391 billion), with a 32% profit margin. At the same time the club cut its debt by 72%, with further plans to reduce it to less than R$50 million (9.3 million), which will give them some financial breathing room.
January 20 – Scottish football generated £820m in gross value added (GVA) for the national economy during the 2023/24 season and supported more than 14,300 full-time equivalent jobs, according to new independent research from the Fraser of Allander Institute.
January 19 – Arsenal and Chelsea are the biggest revenue generating women’s teams with more than €25 million in revenue last year, followed by Barcelona with €22 million.