Premier League spending gap shows why rivals are plotting overseas games September 4, 2025 It’s more than 10 years since Bernard Caiazzo, then the co-president of French club Saint-Etienne, called on Uefa to take steps to curb the rampant financial power of the Premier League. Caiazzo’s warning came after the English top division had just announced its latest record-breaking media rights deal, which he said could see it become [...]
Premier League clubs spend more than European rivals combined September 2, 2025 Premier League clubs highlighted the growing financial gap between English football and its rivals during the summer transfer window, spending more than the other members of the so-called Big Five combined. Teams collectively spent £3bn gross, a record sum for the division and 51 per cent of the aggregate total invested by the Big Five, [...]
Fan groups urge Fifa to block overseas LaLiga and Serie A matches September 1, 2025 Fifa has been urged to block plans for domestic leagues to play in-season matches overseas. Supporters’ groups say that “relocating domestic league matches abroad would set a dangerous precedent” amid news that both the Italian Serie A and Spanish LaLiga are working on staging matches overseas. AC Milan and Como are looking to play one [...]
Gary Neville’s The Overlap and Mark Goldbridge win Bundesliga TV rights August 20, 2025 British Premier League YouTube character Mark Goldbridge and Gary Neville’s The Overlap will broadcast Bundesliga matches after the German top flight confirmed its rights structure. The personality, whose real name is Brent Di Cesare, has specialised in Manchester United hot takes for a number of years, often going viral for reactions to capitulations at Old [...]
Manchester City launch own content hub on Dazn for new season August 4, 2025 Dazn and Manchester City have announced a new collaboration which will see the creation of a dedicated content hub for the Premier League side on the platform. Manchester City fans will have free access to a catalogue of non-live content, including interviews, press conferences, podcasts and behind-the-scenes footage, among others. Fans will also be able [...]
Football injuries cost European clubs £2bn over the last four years October 15, 2024 Injuries across Europe’s top five football leagues cost clubs £2bn over the last four seasons amid growing concerns surrounding player workload. There were 14,292 injuries across the Premier League, LaLiga, Ligue 1, Serie A and the Bundesliga from 2020-21 to 2023-24, according to the Howden Men’s European Football Injury Index. In England, champions Manchester City [...]
Bundesliga targets America with Relevent partnership September 19, 2024 It is the latest development in an arms race for fans in a booming US market.
Premier League transfer spending down 10 per cent on last summer, study finds August 28, 2024 England’s top clubs have spent €270m (£228m) less on new players than they did in the 2023 close season, according to research compiled by the CIES Football Observatory.
Golden boots all round: English goalscorers eyeing historic success at home and away April 22, 2024 It may not be a vintage season for Premier League clubs in Europe but in other respects English football is the toast of the continent.