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Club raises further €100mn by selling stake in its audiovisual studio so it can register new players for the coming season
Plus, the Lionesses spotlight investments in women’s sport, Lewis Hamilton’s NFL stake, and more
Football club has already spent more than €150mn on signings this summer and has sold broadcast and sponsorship rights
American investors and broadcasters are spending billions on European clubs
Investment fund secures additional 15% of media rights as football club raises funding for summer signings
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Deal with private equity group will deliver Spanish club more than €200mn over 25 years
Failure in sport is clear-cut and gets punished, unlike in government
Top Spanish football clubs launch counter-offer to head off private equity firm’s cash injection
Action halted as three holdout rebel clubs push ahead with legal case to shake up game
The FT’s Simon Kuper reveals how FC Barcelona came to dominate football — and then lost its way
Barcelona and other football clubs could learn from how Silicon Valley treats valued performers
This week the Argentine left Barcelona, the ailing club that has been his home for 20 years
Clubs including Real Madrid and Barcelona secure opt-out, pushing value of private equity investment down to €2.1bn
Move comes days after Argentine footballer bid tearful farewell to former club
We take a look at how football transfers are accounted for.
Paris billed as likely destination for one of football’s greatest stars
This week in the business of sport: corporate Japan counts Olympic costs, Real Madrid opposes CVC’s proposed €2.7bn deal with La Liga, and more.
Football club says deal would not be in its interests, even if it would have been a way to keep its star player
Split blamed on financial regulations as Spanish league roiled over private equity deal
The inside story of why the world’s best and richest football club lost the battle for talent
JPMorgan provides funding as football elite make binding agreement to launch breakaway competition
Liverpool, Barcelona and Juventus among elite teams to join rival to Champions League
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Candidates vying to lead the football institution out of crisis all say they can reinvigorate it on and off the pitch
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