How Premier League clubs may have avoided paying £250m in tax March 30, 2023 Premier League clubs may have avoided paying up to £250m in tax, experts have warned. The Tax Policy Associates say that the 20 top flight clubs could have cost a quarter of a billion in lost tax between 2019 and 2021, and £470m since 2015. The group says in their report that: “Football clubs at [...]
Manchester City owner Mansour bin Zayed named UAE vice president March 30, 2023 The owner of Manchester City, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has been named vice president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The move comes amid a number of major political appointments by Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the nation. Sheikh Mohamed also named Kahled bin Mohamed as Crown Prince of Abu [...]
Spurs: Fifa ban club’s managing director of football Fabio Paratici March 29, 2023 Tottenham Hotspur’s search for a new manager has been plunged into uncertainty after the club’s managing director of football, Fabio Paratici, was handed a worldwide ban. Fifa confirmed on Wednesday that it had agreed to a request from Italian football chiefs to extend globally a 30-month domestic ban issued to Paratici in January. Paratici was [...]
Premier League chief denies trying to kick football regulator into the long grass March 28, 2023 Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has rebuffed suggestions that the organisation tried to “kick into the long grass” talks over an independent football regulator. Masters was persistently questioned on the point by MPs at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing on Tuesday. After denying that the expression had been used by anyone [...]
Football regulator: Tracey Crouch MP criticises Premier League’s lack of support March 28, 2023 The Premier League has been criticised for a lack of support for an independent football regulator by Tracey Crouch MP. The former sports minister and author of the fan-led review into English football governance made the comments at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee hearing today. Crouch praised the Football Association and English Football [...]
Trevor Steven: Nagelsmann would be a better fit as Tottenham manager than Conte March 27, 2023 I’m astonished that Antonio Conte didn’t get the job done at Tottenham Hotspur and am disappointed that he has left the Premier League. But the Italian has to take his fair share of the blame that his time at the club ended prematurely. In his defence, he only had 16 months in charge and the [...]
Tottenham Hotspur face a bill of £4m over Conte’s departure from London club March 27, 2023 Antonio Conte will receive around £4m in severance pay after his departure from Tottenham Hotspur was finalised at the weekend. The Italian agreed a settlement with the Premier League club at the weekend after his tenure turned increasingly sour this season. Conte’s contract was due to expire this summer so he is only due the [...]
Non-league football contracts row: Should athletes be a special case in employment law? March 27, 2023 Whether it realises it or not, non-league football has raised an age-old legal argument: should sportspeople be treated as a separate case under employment law, given the unique space in which they operate? Reports suggesting that National League players could be prepared to go on strike over upcoming contract changes put forward by the Football [...]
Newcastle United doc from makers of All Or Nothing to put focus on business March 24, 2023 Newcastle United’s transformation under Saudi ownership will be the subject of a new documentary series on Amazon’s Prime Video platform, it has been confirmed. The four-part series will focus on the business side of running the club, through interviews with co-owner Amanda Staveley and other club chiefs as well as behind-the-scenes footage. The show, set [...]
Activist investor Elliott ramps up Manchester United interest with bid for minority stake March 23, 2023 Elliott Investment Management has upped its interest in Manchester United by offering to buy a small stake in the Premier League club. The activist investor had previously offered finance to any other party bidding for United, who were put for sale by the Glazer family in November. That offer remains, but after visiting Old Trafford [...]