By: Frank Dalleres

Sports Editor Frank Dalleres is Sports Editor of City AM. He has almost two decades' experience covering the business of sport and has reported from Olympic Games and major international football, rugby union, tennis and golf competitions, both at home and abroad. Get in touch with stories and tip-offs and follow him on X at @frankdalleres

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Crystal Palace agree deal with HSBC that paves way for new training ground

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Crystal Palace FC have agreed to buy the 27-acre HSBC Sports Ground in Beckenham, South London, in a move that will allow the club to significantly expand their training facilities. The HSBC grounds, which currently comprise cricket and football pitches as well as a pavilion, border Palace’s academy complex, which is itself across the road [...]
Manchester United deny financial motive behind nearly 700 season ticket bans

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Manchester United have banned 685 season ticket holders for reselling their seats but insist that the crackdown is not a cash-grab by the club. It follows an investigation by United chiefs that found “unusual activity” on the accounts of 1,617 members, who were asked to provide explanations. The operation caused outcry among some supporters, who [...]
Chelsea valuation doubles under BlueCo to £5bn as Boehly and Walter eye exit

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Todd Boehly and Mark Walter’s exit from Chelsea is set to see the business valued at around £5bn in another marked escalation of elite football club valuations. The valuation is double the £2.5bn price that saw the Boehly and Clearlake consortium beat off competition to buy the London club from Roman Abramovich in 2022. That [...]

Bath City tipped to be next Wrexham after non-league record £6m investment

September 10, 2026

A consortium led by mobile gaming entrepreneur Andrew Stalbow has completed a takeover of Bath City FC in a £6m deal said to represent a record investment for non-league football. Stalbow, who helped create the Best Fiends and Angry Birds games franchises, heads an international group of investors which also includes executives from consultancy giant [...]
Inter Milan owner Oaktree keen to copy Chelsea BlueCo multi-club model

September 10, 2026

Oaktree Capital Management wants to copy Chelsea owner BlueCo’s strategy by acquiring a sister club for Inter Milan. The global investment manager has allocated a budget of €25m-€40m (£20m-£35m) to buy a team from either the top division in Belgium or Portugal or the second tier in Spain, according to multiple Italian media reports. It [...]
AIG to acquire stake in Salford City Lionesses and expands partnership with Neville’s club

September 10, 2026

Insurance giant AIG is set to become the first Fortune 500 company to invest in an English women’s football team after agreeing to acquire a stake in Salford City Lionesses. The move is part of an expansion of the partnership between AIG and Salford City, the club co-owned by former Manchester United stars Gary Neville [...]
Royal Antwerp: ‘New Bosman’ set to torch Uefa rules and spark mega class action

September 10, 2026

European football faces an imminent legal bombshell likened to the Bosman Ruling that could scrap quotas for homegrown players and leave Uefa facing a hugely costly class action. The Royal Antwerp ruling has major implications for Uefa nations, potentially including England, who require clubs to have a minimum number of nationally-trained players, as well as [...]
Manchester United agree club record sleeve sponsorship with fintech unicorn SumUp

September 8, 2026

Manchester United have filled their sleeve sponsor vacancy by signing a club record multi-year deal worth more than £20m a year with fintech unicorn SumUp. The London-based provider of mobile payment solutions will appear on the sleeve of matchday shirts worn by United’s men’s, women’s and youth teams. The financial terms are understood to represent [...]
Champions League: Is the rise of the superclubs becoming a problem?

September 8, 2026

Eight clubs in this year’s Champions League have a massive financial advantage over the rest but, with TV and commercial revenue increasing, should Uefa be worried? The Champions League kicks off in earnest this evening with a low-key fixture between AEK Athens and Austrian side LASK, the kind that, for most neutrals, could only be [...]
Belgian FA ‘cannot back’ Infantino amid World Cup and Balogun ‘transparency’ concerns

September 7, 2026

Belgium’s FA has vowed to oppose Gianni Infantino’s bid for re-election as Fifa president, in part because it remains unhappy at the handling of the Folarin Balogun incident. Infantino confirmed at the weekend that he intends to stand again in March despite a furious backlash to his now-abandoned plans to partially privatise the World Cup. [...]

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