January 19 – The Allianz Cup’s Final Four continues to strengthen its position as one of Portuguese football’s most commercially relevant domestic events, generating an estimated €16.7 million in economic impact for the host region, according to a new study by IPAM.
January 16 – The National Women’s Soccer League Players Association (NWSPLA) has filed a fresh grievance against the league, arguing that the newly introduced High Impact Player (HIP) rule breaches both the collective bargaining agreement and federal labour law.
January 15 – Blockchain firm Socios.com has announced that it will withdraw its support for the Argentine Football Association (AFA) until current president, Claudio ‘Chiqui’ Tapia resigns.
January 15 – U.S. multi-billionaire Stan Kroenke has been a quiet owner of sports franchises, but his latest move is loud and underlines just how much financial weight sits behind Arsenal FC.
January 15 – Global Sport Group, the sports investment arm of CVC Capital Partners, has begun a £2.3 billion fund raising process to finance further sports acquisitions.
January 15 – Crux Football, the fledgling multi-club ownership business focused on women’s clubs and founded by Kiwi Rebecca Smith, has made its second acquisition taking a major stake in FC Rosengård, Sweden’s most successful women’s team.
January 12 – Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion have reported a loss of £54.4 million on turnover of about £247 million for the 2024/25 season.
January 12 – Bulgaria’s Pirin Blagoevgrad is now officially under the ownership of Bulgarian entrepreneur Adrian Yuriev (pictured), who manages a diverse portfolio of business ventures across both Bulgaria and the United Arab Emirates.
January 9 – Manchester City will not offer Exeter City any additional share of the gate receipts from Saturday’s third-round FA Cup tie, despite a request from the League One club framed as a “statement of solidarity.”
January 9 – Manchester City have kicked the high-rolling January transfer market into life, triggering Antoine Semenyo’s £65 million release clause at Bournemouth to land one of the Premier League’s currently most productive attackers – and doing so ahead of a crowded field of rivals.
January 7 – Gary Neville’s ‘The Overlap’ – the YouTube-first football media business he co-founded – has sold a majority stake to Global, one of Europe’s largest commercial radio groups.
January 6 – FC Nantes’ accounts for the 2024/25 financial year tell a familiar story in modern French football: structural imbalance, limited room for manoeuvre, and an owner once again required to step in to keep the numbers upright.
December 29 – US private equity firm General Atlantic is forming a new entity to take ownership of Mexico’s LigaMX giant Club América, the club’s iconic Estadio Banorte (better known as the Azteca Stadium) and adjacent real estate.
December 29 – City Football Group (CFG), who have built a 13-team multi-club ownership model around Manchester City, are pulling out of Indian Super League side Mumbai City FC.
December 27 – American celebrity interest in Welsh football teams is growing beyond the Wrexham ownership of Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac, with former Premier League club Swansea City attracting two more of the biggest names from the US entertainment business.