By Andrew Warshaw
September 2 – The summer transfer window slammed shut on Thursday night with the most expensive ever deadline-day signing in Manchester United’s eye-watering £82 million purchase of Brazilian winger Antony from Ajax.
By Samindra Kunti
September 1 – Redbird Capital, the investment firm with ties to the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, has acquired Italian giants AC Milan for $1.2 billion.
August 31 – Helsingør FC have returned to Danish ownership after the American consortium led by Jordan Gardner decided to relinquish control.
August 24 – The German Football League (DFL) has returned for a second pass at the private equity markets, this time bringing in Deutsche Bank as its advisors on the potential sale of a broadcast rights package.
August 23 – FC Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus are among ten European elite clubs that may face sanctions for breaching Financial Fair Play rules.
August 23 – Manchester United owners the Glazer family are considering selling a share of future TV income to raise £200 million.
August 23 – Russian oil firm Lukoil has acquired Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow as well as the club’s home venue, the Spartak Stadium.
August 23 – Sport Republic, the London-based investment firm which majority owns Premier League Southampton, has agreed to buy a 70% shareholding in Turkish second tier club Göztepe S.K.
August 17 – Leon Musk, the world’s richest man, may have been joking when he tweeted about his interest in buying Manchester United but another billionaire is reported to be deadly serious.
August 18 – In the dark depths of the covid pandemic football clubs were forced to lock out their fans. But even without match day revenues, the European football market grew by 10% (€2.4billion) in 2020/21 to €27.6 billion.
August 18 – Valencia have confirmed Layhoon Chan (pictured) will become the new president with various boardroom changes taking place at the club.
August 16 – Scottish Premiership clubs have targeted an increase in the SPFL’s annual distributable income to £50 million by 2029, following a Deloitte review of the league’s commercial operations.
August 15 – After all the noise of Barcelona struggling to register their new signings with LaLiga, the club eventually opened their season with a 0-0 draw against and with four of their big money signings cleared to play.
August 15 – Of the 14 promoted clubs starting the new season in Europe’s Big 5 leagues, the promoted Premier League clubs have a combined squad value of more than double the other leagues.
August 10 – Two days after Insideworldfootball and other media outlets reported that debt-ridden Barcelona are being blocked from registering all their summer signings by La Liga, there is still no breakthrough with the Spanish season almost upon us.