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  • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
    The Big Read
    Can European football clubs ever be profitable?

    Momentum is growing for tougher financial regulation as transfer fees and wages for star players rocket

    Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham and Neymar
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Everton Football Club Co Ltd
    Miami firm 777 Partners agrees to buy Everton FC

    Deal makes fund the latest American investor to buy into English Premier League

    An Everton match earlier this month
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    News in-depthFootball31 min
    Premier League betting sponsors: closed doors and companies within companies | FT Film

    The FT investigates the mystery owners behind gambling brands that sponsor top flight football clubs

    An FT Investigation Football's Secret Sponsors
  • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
    Football
    Saudi cash fuels record transfer window for European football

    English Premier League pays out £2.36bn in fees this summer

  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Football
    Premier League vows stronger crackdown on illegal streaming

    Private prosecutions among tactics being taken by world’s richest football competition

  • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
    News in-depthMedia
    Premier League prepares to kick off UK television rights auction

    Sale will be important test of broadcast spending appetite as sector prioritises cost-cutting

    Amazon Prime presenters with a camera operator holding a screen during a Premier League match between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest in December 2022
  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    Football
    Premier League to set out protocol forcing ‘bad’ owners to sell

    English top flight discusses divestment process if individuals are barred as directors

    Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich watches a Premier League match at Stamford Bridge in 2017
  • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
    Women in business
    Women in football fail to score top jobs off the pitch

    Female tournaments are generating record interest but the sport is still overwhelmingly run by men

    Lise Klaveness, president of Norway’s football federation, during training before Spain v Norway UEFA Qualifiers, Euro 2020 at Estadio Mestalla in 2019 in Valencia, Spain
  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    Josh Noble
    Premier League’s pay-TV model is on borrowed time

    The first tender for broadcast rights in six years will test demand as costs for UK consumers have continued to soar

    West Ham and Everton players tussle for the ball
  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    News in-depth
    Battle of the budgets: Coventry and Luton vie for English Premier League prize

    The two football teams, both small spenders, will compete for the last promotion spot

    Luton Town’s Carlton Morris celebrates scoring his side’s first goal during the Sky Bet Championship match at Preston
  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Football
    Newcastle United eye shirt deal with Saudi events company

    Sponsorship agreement would be scrutinised by the Premier League under new rules

  • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
    ‘Unstoppable’ Manchester City capture England’s Premier League crown

    Abu Dhabi-owned side on track for historic treble if they win FA Cup and Champions League

  • Saturday, 22 April, 2023
    Premier League’s growing wealth threatens new football ‘rupture’

    Former head of Arsenal and AC Milan says English league’s financial clout is creating imbalances in European game

    Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion - Stamford Bridge,
  • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
    News in-depthFootball
    How English football became hooked on gambling

    Despite a new clampdown on sponsorship the betting industry remains entrenched in every level of the game

  • Saturday, 15 April, 2023
    Manchester United PLC
    Manchester United bidders under pressure to show they can do a deal

    Premier League club’s American owners seek higher offers in final round of process

    Striker Marcus Rashford of Manchester United in action during a Premier League match
  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
    Premier League to phase out shirt-front gambling sponsorships

    Clubs will be permitted to make fresh deals until ban kicks in at end of 2025-26 season

    Jarrod Bowen of West Ham and Conor Coady of Everton during a Premier League match in January
  • Friday, 31 March, 2023
    Everton FC says viability would be at risk from relegation

    Club narrows its losses but auditors flag reliance on main shareholder Moshiri in the face of new stadium costs

  • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
    Football
    Premier League tightens rules for club owners and directors

    Criteria for disqualification expanded to include issues such as fraud and tax evasion

    Premier League logo on a football
  • 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

    Close up of Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez on the pitch
  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    Football
    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

    Arsenal and champions Manchester City clash
  • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
    Football
    Son of former Qatari PM bids to buy Manchester United from Glazers

    Sir Jim Ratcliffe makes rival offer for Premier League club

    Old Trafford stadium, home ground of Manchester United football team, in Manchester
  • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
    Scoreboard
    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

    Tottenham players celebrate Harry Kane beating the club’s all-time scoring record. Spurs chair Daniel Levy has warned that the amount of money spent on players is unsustainable
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