tl;dr….. French professional football has lost roughly half of its domestic broadcast value in a single decade, from €1.153 bn p.a. under the 2020 Mediapro/beIN deal to a projected €142 m […]
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. Not yet two weeks into the close season and talk of revolution fills the corridors of power within Talking […]
The public version of Michele Kang’s story is clean, almost mythological: the daughter of educators in Seoul, using her parents’ bridal savings to flee political upheaval during the 1980 Gwangju Uprising, […]
This article continues the in-depth analysis of Eagle Football Holdings, details of which can be found on this page On March 27, 2026, Ares utilised a qualifying floating charge, which had been […]
At the end of a season that fizzled out in so many ways, it was good to get the level headed opinions of an old friend of this website, a campaigner in […]
I’ve written a fair bit about Chelsea’s finances in recent weeks. Their finances are significant and potentially systemically important to the game they merit constant updating. Previous articles can be found in […]
Summary The headline is that we defended well for approximately four-fifths of the season and then suffered a sharp, costly collapse over the final seven games. We finished 13th on 49 […]
I have a friend who is in professional football at a senior level and I asked him to analyse Everton’ attacking performance this season. Here are his views (slightly edited): His views […]
With the FIFA World Cup just days away (and with the help of some internal documents from FIFA), I thought it interesting to analyse the finances of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. […]
Welcome to the final Talking the Blues Podcast of the 2025/26 season when we ask some pretty fundamental questions of the club, the direction in which we are going, and just how […]
This article is prepared on the final day of the 2025/26 Premier League season. Tottenham Hotspur sit 17th, two points above West Ham United in 18th. Burnley and Wolverhampton Wanderers are […]
This report provides an analysis of Premier League club brand values, the methodology by which they are measured, the contributory factors that drive them, and the strategies by which clubs can grow […]
Case Citations: [2026] EWCA Civ 355 • [2026] EWHC 514 (Comm) • CL-2025-000308 • 2:25-cv-14239 (S.D. Fla.) Verification: All case citations and procedural facts are from primary court records (Judiciary.gov.uk, BAILII, CourtListener, […]
This article provides an analysis of the financial regulatory framework governing professional football in Spain. It examines the structure, powers and enforcement mechanisms of the principal regulatory bodies; the operational mechanics of […]
The emerging story of Market Financial Solutions is relevant to the way football is financed – much of what is alleged at Market Financial Solutions is alleged at 777 Partners (for example). […]
I want to look at a series of ownership and funding structures across modern football, often including all of or a combination of private credit, private equity, insurance company funding. I’m going […]
So, Sunderland staged a well deserved second-half fightback to beat a disturbingly poor Everton 3-1 at the Hill Dickinson Stadium and boost their hopes of European qualification by climbing to ninth in […]
Welcome back to Talking the Blues with Andy and George Costigan. Last home game of the season, a season that offered so many opportunities but one in which we as a club […]
Following on from Part I published yesterday, I continue the analysis of the new financial rules impacting English football. I’m going to start by looking at the six Premier League clubs that […]
Premier League, Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) and Sustainability and Systemic Resilience (SSR) The rules were approved at a Premier League Shareholders’ meeting on 21 November 2025, with clubs voting in favour […]