April 15 – Scottish League One club Dumbarton FC are set to exit insolvency proceedings following a deal struck by administrators Quantuma with Gareth Phillips of the Pendragon Group.
April 15 – English Premier League clubs continue to spend millions on agent fees and, for the second consecutive year, Chelsea have topped the list.
April 14 – The financial crisis in Bulgarian football is taking on new dimensions. The president of the Bulgarian Football Union, Georgi Ivanov (pictured), has revealed a worrying trend amongst top tier clubs, many of whom face losing their licenses due to financial.
April 9 – FIFA’s two flagship men’s tournaments in the United States – the expanded 2025 Club World Cup and the 2026 World Cup – are projected to generate a combined $47 billion in gross output and create nearly 300,000 jobs in the US, according to new research released by FIFA and the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
April 7 – Botev Plovdiv owner Anton Zingarevich has taken another step towards releasing a 30% stake in the club. A few days ago the Russian businessman announced that he intends to sell the shares to fans. Now he intends to give them away.
April 4 – US-backed club investor FC32, led by Australian Paul Francis, which was buying its way into lower tier European clubs in a bid to develop and sell playing talent, has pulled out of second tier Austrian Club SKN St. Polten at short notice.
April 3 – Another Premier League defeat followed further grim financial news to leave Leicester City contemplating relegation and a possible profit and sustainability rules (PSR) charge.
April 3 – The saga over the registrations of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor and their eligibility to play for Barcelona in the second half of the season has resurfaced, with LaLiga saying that the club don’t have the financial headroom required to meet the squad cost limits under its financial fair play (FFP) regulations.
April 2 – Premier League Chelsea have turned a £90.1 million pre-tax loss in 2022-23 into a £128.4 million profit 2023-24, mainly by selling core assets to its owners.
April 2 – Nottingham Forest have reported a pre-tax profit of £12.1 million for the 2023-24 financial year, driven by £100 million in player sales. Despite recording an operating loss of £73.3 million, the club’s strong transfer market activity – including the £47.5 million sale of Brennan Johnson to Tottenham Hotspur—converted financial red into black.
April 2 – Wrexham AFC has reported record-breaking revenues of £26.7 million for the 2023-24 season—outpacing many Championship clubs and setting a new financial benchmark for a League Two side. This represents a staggering 155% increase from last year’s £10.5 million and dwarfs the League Two average of £5.4 million, according to Deloitte’s most recent football finance review.
March 28 – Gulf-based entrepreneur and philanthropist Saad Kassis-Mohamed has emerged as a potential investor in Reading FC, as the crisis-hit English third-tier club teeter on the edge of administration. His interest comes amid an increasingly desperate ownership battle, with time running out for the Royals to find a financial lifeline.
March 26 – Premier League Everton have secured a £350 million financing package to refinance the costs of building their new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock, a move that is expected to save the club tens of millions of pounds annually in debt repayments.
March 24 – Sportradar has acquired IMG Arena’s portfolio of sports betting rights increasing its coverage of tennis, football and basketball.
March 21 – Chelsea’s strategy of locking down their players on long-term contracts is paying off in terms of squad stability, but it might come back to bite them as their financial commitments continue to grow. According to the latest study from CIES Football Observatory, a staggering 91.8% of Chelsea’s current squad is contracted until at least 2026, securing their place at the top of the table for ‘minutes secured’ across 37 global leagues.