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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Manchester United sale: Saudi Arabia and US consortium set to rival Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Qatar in £5bn takeover battle

February 14, 2023

Suitors from Saudi Arabia and the US are set to go up against Sir Jim Ratcliffe and a Qatari bid in the battle to buy Manchester United, City A.M. understands. The bank handling the sale, the Raine Group, has set a deadline of Friday for offers to be made to United’s owners, the Glazer family. [...]
Good news for Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester City: Why clubs can forget about winning the Champions League if they’re not super-rich

February 14, 2023

Can you spend your way to the Champions League? Not necessarily, but it certainly improves your chances, based on analysis of the last 10 seasons, which shows a strong correlation between revenue and progress to the latter stages. Tottenham Hotspur face a tricky trip to Italian title holders AC Milan when the Champions League knockout [...]
Liverpool supporters sue Uefa: 600 fans demand compensation for Champions League crowd trouble that ‘ruined lives’

February 14, 2023

Hundreds of Liverpool supporters have launched a legal claim for compensation from Uefa after European football’s governing body was blamed for the crowd trouble at last year’s Champions League final. Law firm Leigh Day is representing more than 600 Reds supporters who they say “should be recompensed for the trauma they experienced” during chaotic scenes [...]
Nat Sciver-Brunt banks biggest salary in English women’s cricket after being signed in Women’s Premier League auction

February 13, 2023

All-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt has landed what is thought to be the biggest contract in the history of English women’s cricket after being signed for the inaugural Women’s Premier League in India. Sciver-Brunt and spinner Sophie Ecclestone both secured six-figure deals at the Women’s Premier League auction today. Sciver-Brunt was sold to Mumbai Indians for 3.2 [...]
Patrick Mahomes makes promise after inspiring Kansas City Chiefs to victory over Philadelphia Eagles in record-breaking Super Bowl LVII

February 13, 2023

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes insists the team are “not done yet” after winning a second Super Bowl in four years in a clash for the ages with Philadelphia Eagles. Mahomes defied injury to inspire the Chiefs to a famous comeback at the State Farm Stadium in Phoenix on Sunday night, winning 38-35 thanks [...]
Manchester City fans boo Premier League over charges ahead of win over Aston Villa

February 12, 2023

Manchester City fans booed the Premier League anthem yesterday ahead of a 3-1 win over Aston Villa that laid down the gauntlet to Arsenal. City supporters were responding to top-flight chiefs charging the club with more than 100 alleged breaches of financial rules last week. “The supporters were really good today,” said City manager Pep [...]
Steven Gerrard and two former Leeds United managers among the frontrunners for Southampton job after Nathan Jones is put out of his misery

February 12, 2023

Steven Gerrard, Marcelo Bielsa and Jesse Marsch are among the early frontrunners to become Southampton manager after the Premier League’s bottom club ended the brief but dismal reign of Nathan Jones. Jones was sacked on Sunday morning, just 95 days into the job and mere hours after seeing his team snatch defeat from the jaws [...]
Crystal Palace v Brighton: Owner row causing storm clouds over Selhurst Park

February 11, 2023

Amid the antipathy there may be the odd trace of envy among Crystal Palace fans when Brighton and Hove Albion visit in the Premier League on Saturday. Palace traditionally have the upper hand in one of English football’s least conventional rivalries but this season there is no denying that Brighton are firmly on top. Riding [...]
European Super League 2.0: Organisers reveal plans for vastly expanded breakaway competition

February 9, 2023

European Super League organisers say they are ready to resurrect plans for the breakaway competition in an expanded format featuring as many as 80 teams. The new version of the European Super League would have multiple divisions and, unlike in its initial incarnation, no permanent members. All clubs taking part would have to qualify via [...]
Qatar interested in buying Manchester United – but bidders won’t be PSG owners Qatar Sports Investments

February 9, 2023

The Qatar Investment Authority is interested in buying a stake in Manchester United and has not ruled out a full takeover. QIA, which owns Harrods as well as significant shareholdings in Heathrow Airport and Sainsbury’s, has not made an offer for United yet. But it is one of the Qatari parties mulling an offer to [...]

IOC’s abdication over Russia is causing much angst as clock ticks down to LA28 Olympics

IOC’s abdication over Russia is causing much angst as clock ticks down to LA28 Olympics

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