August 16 – After a decade of involvement, Brentford owner Matthew Benham is stepping away from FC Midtjylland in Denmark, selling his majority stake to Danish businessman Anders Holch Povlsen. Benham’s Smartodds however will keep supplying the club with data.
August 16 – The USA may have been knocked off their perch as the best women’s national team in the world. but there is still a growing appetite for investors to get involved in the domestic women’s league game.
August 15 – Chelsea have taken their spending spree to a staggering $1 billion in 15 months under their American owners after smashing the British transfer record by signing Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo from Brighton for a reported £115 million.
August 15 – Lionel Messi might have opted for the MLS but yet another superstar looks set to join the gravy train to Saudi Arabia with Neymar reported to be quitting Paris Saint-Germain to move to Al-Hilal.
August 14 – FC Barcelona have sold a further 29.5% stake in its digital content division Barca Vision for €120 million to German investors Libero football finance AG and private investors advised by NIPA Capital B.V.
August 14 – Liverpool continue their hunt for a defensive midfielder in the wake of the high-profile tug-of-war for Caicedo with serial spenders Chelsea, in which the Merseyside club left empty-handed and red-faced. Numerous backup options have been discussed and identified.
August 11 – European football awoke from its spending slumber last week with mammoth deals for Moises Caicedo (Liverpool though Chelsea may have landed him last minute) Josko Gvardiol (Man City) and Rasmus Hojlund (Man Utd) taking centre stage, alongside Portuguese striker Gonçalo Ramos (PSG).
August 11 – Liverpool have agreed a British record transfer fee of £111 million with Brighton for midfielder Moises Caicedo, seemingly grabbing the Ecuador star from under the noses of Chelsea.
August 11 – Mexican broadcaster Grupo Televisa, whose shares are trade on the New York Stock Exchange, will pay a $95 million settlement to a group of investors who claimed that Televisa’s alleged bribery to obtain broadcast rights to four World Cups cost them millions of dollars in share value.
August 10 – The Premier League is investigating potential financial rule breaches at Chelsea under the regime of previous owner Roman Abramovich.
August 8 – Portugal star Gonçalo Ramos is joining PSG from Benfica in a one-year loan deal, with a which has a 65 million obligation to buy at the end of the loan. The fee could rise to €80 million including add-ons for the -23-year-old.
August 4 – It’s been a quiet week for big spending in Europe, with the top deal coming from Saudi club Al-Hilal’s inflated signing of Malcom from Zenit St Petersburg for €60 million.
August 3 – Ex-NFL star Tom Brady has entered a partnership with Knighthead Capital Management LLC to become a minority owner of Birmingham City in the EFL Championship.
July 31 – Allan Saint-Maximin has become the latest player to swap the Premier League for the Saudi Pro League after leaving Newcastle United to join Al-Ahli for a reported transfer fee of £30 million.
July 28 – Young players are again high in demand this summer, as teams around Europe undergo a ‘rebuild’ phase.