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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

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    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
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      Deal makes fund the latest American investor to buy into English Premier League

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    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
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    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
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      Saudi cash fuels record transfer window for European football

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

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

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

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

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

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    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
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      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
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      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

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    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
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      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

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    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
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      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
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      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

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    • 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
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      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
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      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
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      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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