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  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    Premier League chief blames Brexit for pushing up transfer fees

    Richard Masters seeks visa rules shake-up to make it easier for English clubs to sign young overseas players

  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    Sachin Khajuria
    What private equity means for football

    Policymakers will need to take the cultural significance of clubs seriously when considering ownership changes

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
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    Football’s new watchdog will blow whistle on ‘careless’ club owners

    UK sports minister hails greater scrutiny of finances and prevention of poor governance

  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
    Football
    New football watchdog lined up to tackle problems of English game

    Independent body will have wide range of powers with focus on financial sustainability

  • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
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    Son of former Qatari PM bids to buy Manchester United from Glazers

    Sir Jim Ratcliffe makes rival offer for Premier League club

  • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
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    Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur targeted by bidders Premium content

    Plus, English Rugby’s crisis darkens as Leicester Tigers raise funds to avoid administration, China’s anti-corruption agency targets football, and more

  • Friday, 17 February, 2023
    Lionel Barber
    A Spurs takeover would be the final nail in the glory game’s coffin

    English football has become a Wild West of light touch regulation for foreign owners

  • Friday, 17 February, 2023
    John Burn-Murdoch
    Manchester City’s outsized domination is hurting English football

    Data suggest that fans and officials are right to be asking whether money is warping sporting achievement

  • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
    The Big Read
    English football starting to resemble a European super league

    Lavish January spending confirms for many the unfair advantage enjoyed by the Premier League thanks to years of light-touch regulation

  • Saturday, 11 February, 2023
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    Goliath vs Goliath: Premier League takes aim at Man City Premium content

    Plus, a LeBron James exclusive and Super Bowl makes history

  • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
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    Premier League ‘shows its teeth’ with move against Manchester City

    Industry observers warn a final outcome is not imminent

  • Monday, 6 February, 2023
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    Manchester City accused of financial rule breaking by Premier League

    Top tier of English football says champions flouted rules numerous times over many years

  • Saturday, 4 February, 2023
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    Trickle down economics and the transfer window Premium content

    Plus, New York Knicks’ owner under fire for use of facial recognition software

  • Friday, 3 February, 2023
    Janan Ganesh
    The Premier League is global because it is local

    The world is drawn to its distinctiveness, and threatens it

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    Chelsea FC PLC
    Chelsea FC’s transfers splurge pushes Premier League to new spending record

    English top-tier clubs spent almost €830mn in January window

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    Premier League backs Sorare’s NFT fantasy football game despite crypto crash

    League agrees multimillion-pound licensing deal with start-up that offers trading in digital player cards

  • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
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    Football’s multi-club owners start to feel growing pains

    Investors attracted to running a network of teams must win over fans and sporting regulators

  • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
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    Qatar targets the Premier League after World Cup success

    The desert state is hunting for strategic investments in the sports industry

  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
    US investor Bill Foley leads £120mn deal for Bournemouth football club

    Sale of club marks the latest push by American financiers into England’s Premier League

  • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
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    America’s English football takeover

    Dollar-for-pound there’s no substitute

  • Saturday, 15 October, 2022
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    English rugby faces moment of reckoning Premium content

    Plus, football investors target Portugal and Spain, Japan’s Olympic clean-up, and more

  • Saturday, 1 October, 2022
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    Football investors unfazed by market turmoil, for now Premium content

    Plus, the German Bundesliga’s private equity play, chess cheating scandal rocks the board, and more

  • Friday, 16 September, 2022
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    Silver Lake ups stake in Manchester City owner

    Renowned tech investor has turned its sights on sport and is now second-largest shareholder in City Football Group

  • Saturday, 10 September, 2022
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    US Open ushers in a new generation of tennis stars Premium content

    Plus, Chelsea owners change tack after a rocky summer, Porsche and Red Bull scrap F1 talks, and more

  • Friday, 2 September, 2022
    Premier League smashes transfer record with £1.9bn in summer signings

    New owners and improved international broadcast deals help widen gap with European rivals

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