Strategy

Column: Football offers unrivalled brand loyalty, no chance of defection, predictable and recurring revenues and new ways to leverage value - Private Equities lust for European football is here to stay

24 February 2021 4:46 PM

Italian-American co-owner is doing like Leeds, Spurs, City and Juventus – but he is doing it with an Italian fourth-tier club

23 February 2021 8:12 PM

Analysis: Debt is football’s dirty word – should it be?

22 February 2021 4:17 PM

Profile: Suning Group and Inter’s ticking time bomb

19 February 2021 8:32 PM

Analysis: “The transfer market could become like when houses fall in value and no one wants to crystallise the loss”

17 February 2021 8:44 PM

“Bigger clubs come with too much baggage, which we don’t want. We prefer to start from scratch” – owner of four clubs explains his different model

15 February 2021 3:29 PM

Brazilian football clubs on the verge of “burning the ships” – effectively meaning that foreign owners can enter the country

9 February 2021 2:17 PM

Club owner: "In Delhi, you could swing a dead cat. Nobody would ever know who you were. You could scream: Delhi Dynamos! Delhi what? It was a slow march of death"

4 February 2021 7:31 PM

Interview with Barca presidential candidate Font: Club must capitalise better on global fanbase, more power to club members and old-fashioned leadership culture needs to change

1 February 2021 3:05 PM

Profile: BC Partners - The Private Equity group banking on Inter's footballing renaissance

31 January 2021 8:19 PM

Analysis: New Burnley owners could lead the way for future private equity takeovers – or effectively scare everyone off

28 January 2021 5:21 PM

Academy group founder eyes UK club expansion after Mansour Group takeover

20 January 2021 12:43 PM

”The rapid financial growth in football did shield incomprehensible decisions made by owners and executives. Such poor decision-making needs to stop. Now.”

14 January 2021 9:19 PM

Guy Laurence: The former telecoms chief extending Chelsea’s commercial tentacles

12 January 2021 9:09 PM

Commercial revenue climbing high for Rangers in long-term race to close gap with top European clubs

6 January 2021 2:41 PM

New US owner sees global opportunities in Burnley passion play

5 January 2021 6:43 PM

Column: Will football suffer from "Long-COVID”?

4 January 2021 12:13 PM

CEO Interview: Sevilla FC aim to invest heavily in tech, Indian start-ups, talents and US Soccer to drive global growth

22 December 2020 2:20 PM

Column: The pitfalls when evaluating a successful academy– there is a holistic financial model that tells a significant story 

9 December 2020 10:17 PM

Elche CF chief executive on the plan to build a sustainable club

1 December 2020 9:02 PM

Interview with Valencia CF president: “Of course, you can go and borrow, like so many clubs have done...Let it be someone else's problem … We decided to take the sensible approach“

17 November 2020 2:57 PM

“The clubs are going to have to be smarter” – Why Premier League clubs need to embrace the age of digital disruption if they are to succeed in China 

5 November 2020 8:24 PM

Profile: Ivan Gazidis and Milan’s “long and challenging path” to sustainability

29 October 2020 7:19 PM

Interview: Digital guru warns of sports “third age” of disruption and opportunity

26 October 2020 8:27 PM

Column: "A rational owner would be encouraged to leave their Champions League fate to the gods, and focus on securing domestic dominance"

22 October 2020 5:34 PM

LaLiga targets UK growth – aiming to be the most popular foreign league

22 October 2020 4:05 PM

Column: Broadcasting revenue will decrease unless changes are made - power play, no passing back, rolling player subs and shots every 90 second

7 August 2020 3:08 PM

Column: Buying a professional football team? Ten lessons learned: #4 - Is your management team up to the job? Or are they stuck in an old-world mindset?

24 July 2020 2:43 PM

Interview with Barcelona board member: "Content is going to be the new core business of Barca"

21 July 2020 8:22 PM

Column: Buying a professional football team? Ten lessons learned: #3 - Match-to-match planning will kill you - develop a vision and long-term objectives

16 July 2020 3:34 PM