I’m a Manchester United fan and marketing expert but Arsenal are cool Sport Business Arsenal’s long-awaited success on and off the field has been earned with smart, patient planning, says Pitch founder (and Man Utd supporter) Henry Chappell. As a Manchester United fan since before the Fergie years, Arsenal’s march to Premier League glory and a Champions League final is a tough watch. And it’s just as hard to [...]
Real Madrid top Deloitte Football Money League as Champions League revamp boosts Premier League’s rivals Sport Business An expanded and more lucrative Champions League has helped Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain all earn more than any Premier League club last season, according to the latest Deloitte Football Money League. Real Madrid stayed top of the annual rich list with record-breaking revenue of €1.2bn (£975m), ahead of LaLiga rivals Barcelona [...]
Richest women’s football teams 2026: Arsenal pip Chelsea and Barcelona Sport Business Arsenal have overtaken Barcelona Femeni to become the richest women’s football team in Europe, according to Deloitte’s latest annual rankings. Last season’s Champions League winners topped the list of women’s football clubs ranked by revenue for the first time, with Arsenal earning €25.6m (£21.5m) in 2024-25. Women’s Super League holders Chelsea are a close second [...]
NBA Europe suffers setback as Barcelona eye EuroLeague extension January 13, 2026 The NBA’s plans to launch a new basketball league in Europe next year appear to have suffered a setback after Barcelona reportedly decided against signing up to the ambitious project. Barcelona, one of the continent’s most successful and prestigious teams, were among the established names courted by the NBA and its advisors JPMorgan and Raine [...]
Real Madrid eye £1bn injection to keep pace with Premier League elite November 18, 2025 Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is taking steps to ensure they remain competitive with Premier League clubs by inviting private equity to invest close to £1bn. Perez is expected to use the annual meeting of the club’s approximately 100,000 members on Sunday to announce proposals to change the club’s ownership structure. The plan considered most [...]
Most valuable teenage footballers ranking shows Chelsea approach is paying off November 6, 2025 Chelsea’s investment in young talent is bearing fruit, with the club now boasting three of the 11 most valuable teenage footballers in the world, according to a new academic study. Barcelona and Spain superstar Lamine Yamal, 18, is streets ahead at the top of the list compiled by the CIES Football Observatory, with a valuation [...]
Real Madrid vow to sue Uefa for millions over European Super League stance October 29, 2025 Real Madrid have vowed to seek damages from Uefa expected to run into the millions of Euros for the governing body’s efforts in quashing the European Super League breakaway. The Spanish giants said they would seek financial compensation after a Madrid court rejected appeals by Uefa, LaLiga and Spain’s FA and reaffirmed a previous European [...]
LaLiga’s overseas game project not dead, insists Tebas October 22, 2025 Spanish football chief Javier Tebas insists LaLiga will “keep trying” to stage games overseas after being forced to shelve a planned fixture between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami in December. The controversial move looked set to go ahead when European governing body Uefa “reluctantly” granted permission earlier this month but LaLiga announced it had pulled [...]
Exclusive: R360 want season launch at Barcelona FC’s Camp Nou October 14, 2025 R360 organisers want to launch the first edition of their new global rugby franchise competition next year at the redeveloped Camp Nou in Barcelona. 2 October 2026 has been penciled in as R360’s launch date – despite setbacks in recent weeks which have seen the eight biggest unions announce that any players who join the [...]
Barcelona and Milan plans for overseas games get green light from Uefa October 6, 2025 Uefa has “reluctantly” approved plans for LaLiga and Serie A to stage one-off overseas games this season, blaming Fifa for lacking a clear regulatory framework. LaLiga has announced plans to play a match between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami in December, while Serie A is moving AC Milan’s contest with Como to Perth in February. [...]