MLS sends FC Dallas home but Florida tournament to go ahead with 25 teams
July 7 – The MLS has pulled FC Dallas out of the MLS is Back Tournament in Florida following the high number of positive tests for the coronavirus within the club.
Author: Paul Nicholson
Transfer value: Stats argue keeping Sancho, Mbappé and Messi will boost their sale price
July 7 – With predictions that the transfer market is going to take a big hit as the football business tiptoes its way through the commercial implications pandemic, new player transfer value analysis looks at what a contract extension would do for their sale value.
Scots plan August 2 opener for new season as Celtic go for 10 titles in a row
July 6 – Fixtures have been announced for the new Scottish season due to begin on August 2 at a time when most other leagues are having a break.
Life in the fast lane: Beckham’s Aston Martin or the ‘Green Rocket’ Bungartz T7 tractor?
July 7 – A smart and expensive set of wheels is an essential part of the kit of the modern day millionaire professional footballer. But what happens when those wheels become less loved and surplus to requirements. What is the vehicle resale value with the celebrity attachment added to the luxury value of the car? And what if the car, or tractor, is a beautifully maintained classic?
Seek and destroy: Threat Matrix delivers solution to ‘out’ football’s social media racists
By Andrew Warshaw
July 6 – So-called fans who hide behind hidden social media accounts to fire abuse at black and BAME players face being called out under revolutionary technology that strips away their anonymity.
MLS restart glitch as Dallas quarantined after registering 10 positive tests
July 6 – Major League Soccer has postponed the match between Dallas and Vancouver, a fixture of its MLS Is Back tournament, to an undisclosed date due positive coronavirus tests in the Texan team.
Fears grow for hidden Eritrean football defectors seeking asylum in Uganda
July 6 – Seven Eritrean international players who have been in hiding in Uganda for more than six months are still seeking asylum for fear of what might happen to them if they are sent home.
Celtic unveil JD as retail partner just in time as on-line demand crashes club’s online shop
July 6 – Celtic’s new Adidas kit is already proving a hit with fans as the volume of pre-orders for the new training wear on the club’s online shop last Friday served to crash the site’s servers.
Telefónica goes direct with new Spanish TV deal for UEFA club comps
July 6 – Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica has signed an exclusive broadcast rights deal for UEFA’s flagship club competitions for the 2021-24 cycle covering the Spanish territory.
Chinese ready for restart but locked-in players ask for some ‘stress’ relief
July 6 – Former Chinese international Zhao Junzhe has asked the organisers of the Chinese Super League (CSL) to take steps to reduce players’ stress when the 2020 campaign finally gets under way behind closed doors later this month.
Lewandowski fires Bayern to double with sights now set on Champions League treble
July 6 – Robert Lewandowski passed 50 goals for the season as Bayern Munich beat Bayer Leverkusen to win a record 20th German Cup and 13th domestic double at the weekend.
LaLiga wins piracy battle as Danish court rules ISPs must block illegal streams
July 6 – The war on global piracy has seen a new battle win for LaLiga who, working with the Danish Rights Alliance, have won a court ruling that pirate service Rojadirecta is illegal and must be blocked by Danish ISPs.
Swiss call in Extraordinary Prosecutor to examine criminal charges against Infantino
By Paul Nicholson
July 3 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino took a step nearer towards a full criminal investigation in Switzerland into his behaviour following the announcement today by the supervisory authority of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office that an extraordinary federal public prosecutor had been appointed to examine criminal complaints made against him and Swiss federal prosecutor Michael Lauber.
Million $ questions: Fenwick, Miller, Celtic, and the abuse of Trinidad’s Jabloteh
By Paul Nicholson
July 3 – The leak of witness statements from a 2013 Trinidad and Tobago court case concerning national team coach Terry Fenwick, the former English defender turned football manager-cum-marketing spiv, sheds more light via a series of shocking revelations concerning Fenwick’s violent temper, his extreme behaviour and his alleged and multiple fraudulent business dealings.
FFP under the gavel: Man City to get ‘£200m’ CAS ruling July 13
July 3 – Manchester City are set to learn their European fate on July 13 in a ruling that will have major consequences for both the club and UEFA’s entire financial fair play strategy.