Premier League to keep ability to sell hotels to related companies June 4, 2025 Not enough support was garnered amongst Premier League clubs to hold a vote on changing rules relating to fixed assets. The decision means Premier League clubs like Chelsea will still be able to sell hotels to a company linked to their owners without penalty. The Blues sold two hotels in 2023 and included the generated [...]
Man City bolster Club World Cup bid with £46m Reijnders deal June 4, 2025 Manchester City have moved to strengthen their bid for the Club World Cup by agreeing a deal to sign Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders from AC Milan for £46m. Reijnders was recently named midfielder of the season in Serie A after scoring a career-best 15 goals in 54 matches, despite Milan only finishing eighth in the [...]
Fulham Premier League hospitality: Margaritas, caviar and £20,000 season tickets June 4, 2025 Fulham FC’s Riverside Stand features a new Sky Deck offering over three floors. City AM took a look around to see what it was all about. Worth the price tag? You decide. One of the newest features adjacent to the stretch of the River Thames between Putney Bridge and London’s famous River Cafe soars into [...]
Red Bull eyes franchise in R360 rugby breakaway league June 4, 2025 Red Bull is one of the sports investors to have expressed an interest in buying a franchise in R360, the revolutionary new global rugby union competition that it is claimed will launch next year. A proposed grand prix-style travelling league featuring eight men’s franchises and a four-team women’s competition has been put together by a [...]
Chelsea Sancho snub set to cost Manchester United £35m June 3, 2025 Chelsea have opted to pay a £5m penalty fee rather than make England winger Jadon Sancho’s loan move from Manchester United permanent this summer. Sancho scored five goals and contributed 10 assists in 41 appearances for the Blues but failed to establish himself as a regular starter in the Premier League. Chelsea would have had [...]
Gambling ban could cut Premier League sponsorship income by 60 per cent June 3, 2025 Premier League clubs could be set for a financial day of reckoning with the voluntary gambling sponsorship ban set to cut income by up to 60 per cent, according to industry experts. Research suggests that some clubs could lose over half of the revenue they currency enjoy as a result of gambling sponsors when the [...]
Chelsea named top talent producers in Premier League June 2, 2025 Chelsea may have spent more than £1bn on transfers since the Todd Boehly-Clearlake takeover but the club’s talent factory leads the way in producing Premier League players. The famed Cobham academy was responsible for more players and more minutes played than any other in the top division last season, underlining the value of developing homegrown [...]
Club World Cup cash row: Seattle Sounders take fight to MLS June 2, 2025 A cash row has broken out over this month’s Fifa Club World Cup, with Major League Soccer’s player union backing protests led by the Seattle Sounders. Sounders players wore T-shirts bearing the slogan “Club World Cash Grab” before their fixture against Minnesota United on Sunday to show their discontent with the proportion of prize money [...]
Uefa Champions League prize money: How much can PSG and Inter win? May 31, 2025 Paris Saint-German and Inter Milan will clash on Saturday in Munich in the Uefa Champions League final, but how much will the winner earn? The prize pot for this year’s top flight European club competition topped £2bn, up from £1.74bn last season, with prizes handed out for qualification as well as wins in the group [...]
Real Madrid pay £10m for Trent Alexander-Arnold ‘free transfer’ May 30, 2025 Real Madrid have given Liverpool £10m to get Trent Alexander-Arnold before the start of the Club World Cup. The England international will join the LaLiga club on 1 June on a six-year deal, when a miniature transfer window opens ahead of an expanded Club World Cup in the United States. It means that, despite leaving [...]