Chelsea FC : Abramovich ally Granovskaia at High Court over Alrubie dispute February 28, 2025 Former Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia is at London's High Court today as she seeks to pause a civil claim against her by football agent Saif Alrubie
Will England get a fifth Champions League place? February 22, 2025 As European football’s club competitions head into their knockout phases, the Premier League’s prospects of getting a fifth place in the Champions League are becoming clearer. Since 2019, Uefa has awarded an extra spot in the Champions League to the two nations whose clubs performed the best in its three competitions during the previous season. [...]
Chelsea Women’s rivals face a stark choice: spend – or be left behind February 6, 2025 During the January transfer window Chelsea Women made headlines with their spending, although that is nothing new for the club. Their male counterparts hold the record for the most spent in one winter window, having splashed out £275m in 2023. Chelsea Women broke the $1m transfer fee glass ceiling in the women’s game when they [...]
Real Madrid named richest football club after breaking €1bn revenue barrier January 23, 2025 Real Madrid have cemented their status as the richest club in world football after becoming the first to achieve more than €1bn of revenue in a single year, says Deloitte’s Football Money League. The European champions increased their income by 26 per cent to €1.046bn (£884m) for 2023-24 thanks to the full reopening of their [...]
Potter to take charge at West Ham after Lopetegui sacked January 8, 2025 Former Chelsea and Brighton manager Graham Potter is poised to return to football at West Ham United after they sacked Julen Lopetegui. Potter is reported to have agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Hammers and is set to be in the dugout for Friday’s FA Cup third-round trip to Aston Villa. The 49-year-old has been [...]
Ed Warner: Why the anti-doping fight desperately needs a shot in the arm December 19, 2024 Confirmation that Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a routine anti-doping test must rightly trigger the usual essential caveats. Chelsea’s Ukrainian winger has only been provisionally suspended. This is simply the start of a process with the facts to be established and the outcome far from certain. What is clear is that Mudryk’s case will be another [...]
Former Sunak spokesperson lands Chelsea comms job December 10, 2024 Chelsea have hired Rishi Sunak’s former spokesperson, Nerissa Chesterfield, to be their new head of communications. Chesterfield worked with Sunak when he was Prime Minister and in his previous role as Chancellor. It was during this time that the UK government sanctioned Roman Abramovich, forcing him to sell Chelsea. Confirmation of her appointment as director [...]
Manchester United and Premier League top net spend tables for last decade November 22, 2024 United are one of four Premier League teams in the top six.
So, so grateful: Emma Hayes hails $30m donation to US women’s football November 20, 2024 Kang, 65, has embarked on a spree of donations and investments since selling her healthcare tech business Cognosante to Accenture earlier this year.
Chelsea investor in talks for landmark stake in Miami Dolphins October 3, 2024 Chelsea investor Ares Capital is in talks with the owner of the Miami Dolphins to become the first private equity firm to buy a stake in an NFL franchise. The New York-headquartered asset manager is negotiating the purchase of a 10 per cent stake in the Dolphins’ parent company, according to multiple reports. The deal [...]