Welcome to the first game of the 2026/27 season Talking the Blues Podcast with Andy and George Costigan. Rather like Moyes, we keep the same team and a familiar format. We hope […]
How Guggenheim’s cov-lite term loan fell 20 points in a session — the revenue recognition question, par fund marks, and the Mark Walter probe explained.
Risk assessment of covenant structures, comparable breach precedents (including Eagle Football Holdings), and the probability of technical default across the 22 Holdco / BlueCo 22 capital structure Prepared by: Paul Quinn, CWTE […]
Valuing Chelsea FC in 2026 Enterprise value, equity value, and realism Date: 18 August 2026 Series context: Companion to the Chelsea/BlueCo debt-structure analyses (2 May & 23 July 2026), the Walter related-parties […]
Mark Walter & Todd Boehly; Ownership, business empires, and the Federal probe reshaping Chelsea’s shareholder register Captive insurance, affiliated reinsurance and related-party private credit: regulatory pressure on the Chelsea FC ownership […]
14th August 2026 TL;DR Saudi Arabia has deployed an estimated $51 billion into sports properties since 2016 (a figure tied to PIF’s c.$925bn AUM and $36.8bn 2023 profit, cited by the ESCP […]
13th August 2026 Duties of care in adjudication: Judges, Premier League independent commissions, and the systemic-risk governance gap The immediate context is the Burnley FC v Everton FC compensation decision (PLJP 2023/3, […]
Date: 13 August 2026 TL;DR Verified: On Wednesday 12 August 2026, HH Judge Mark Pelling KC (London Commercial Court, KBD) granted John Textor an interim injunction restraining Cork Gully, administrators of Eagle […]
12th August 2026 On 12 August 2026, with rather less fanfare than the subject deserved, the Bundeskartellamt, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, closed the file on the most important ownership rule in European […]
Another season is nearly upon us, and Talking the Blues returns for what I believe is our 11th season. Welcome back to George and Andy Costigan as we discuss the close season […]
12 August 2026 Two days ago, lawyers acting for Evangelos Marinakis lodged a defamation claim at the High Court against CPFC Limited, the company behind Crystal Palace, and “Persons Unknown”. The subject […]
11 August 2026 On Sunday 9 August 2026, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, an entity called Signal National LLC filed for Chapter 11 protection alongside a […]
Prepared in the context of Burnley FC v Everton FC (PLJP 2023/3, under appeal). Paul Quinn | CWTE Limited 10 August 2026 | Data current to date of publication | Previous articles […]
State of the Platform, H1 2026: Fundraising, Redemptions, Private Credit Performance, and the Football Exposure in Context Eagle Football Holdings (crystallised) · Chelsea FC / BlueCo / 22 Holdco (uncrystallised) Analysis by […]
Data as at 4 August 2026 Evidential base: FC Barcelona official statements and accounts; Morningstar DBRS rating actions; CNMV filings (Espai Barça FTA); KBRA rating documentation; Sixth Street announcements.. Key findings FC […]
3rd August 2026 Primary sources: Premier League / Chelsea FC Sanction Agreements (Phase 1 & Phase 2), published 16 March 2026; FA Regulatory Commission and Appeal Board decisions, 31 July 2026; UEFA […]
Paul Quinn – CWTE Limited 2 August 2026 Event date: Statements issued Saturday 1 August 2026 (Sky Sports) The transaction is provisional, being subject to a two-round pre-emption (right of first refusal) […]
Roundhouse Capital, Everton’s majority shareholder, have continued to fund Everton’s on-going need for fresh capital through the issue of new shares. Roundhouse Capital is the vehicle majority owned by Dan Friedkin to […]
On 28 July 2026, nine days after the World Cup final, FIFA announced the most consequential structural change to its commercial model in its history, drawing much condemnation from UEFA, politicians […]
An assessment of performance, value-add and the balance-sheet evidence in English and European football Written by Paul Quinn / CWTE Limited Date: 28 July 2026 All balance-sheet figures are stated with their […]