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  • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
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    Scoreboard: 10 takeaways from the FT Business of Football Summit Premium

    Cash-burning clubs under fire, TV media rights deflation, Zaha won’t take the knee, and all the news from this year’s conference.

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    Masters says a competing contest of top European teams would damage domestic football across continent

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    English football needs a new regulator to tackle wealth gap, says Mervyn King

    Former BoE governor calls for reforms to prevent bankruptcies and distribute Premier League income

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
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    Michael Dell’s investment firm is a new force in football finance

    MSD Partners financed the takeover of Burnley and provided loans to Southampton and Derby

  • Saturday, 30 January, 2021
    Football transfers hit by ‘double whammy’ of Covid and Brexit

    Spending in English Premier League drops in January window as clubs are hit by coronavirus losses and new visa regime

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
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    San Francisco 49ers lift stake in Leeds United

    Increased commitment to Yorkshire club marks latest US investment in English Premier League football

  • Saturday, 23 January, 2021
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    This week in the business of sport: leagues count cost of selling to private equity, fallout from the US election puts new price on women’s basketball, and more.

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Chinese broadcaster sues Premier League in escalation of Covid dispute

    PPLive Sports retaliates after receiving $215m legal claim last year

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Premier League rivals cry foul over BoE Covid loan scheme

    Arsenal and Tottenham have borrowed a combined £295m from central bank facility

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  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    US investment firm ALK Capital buys Premier League team Burnley

    Deal is latest in a series of American acquisitions in English football

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
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    Loving bad football is a hard habit to kick

    Why I’ve missed spending good money to sit in the rain and see my team lose

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    Newcastle United casts futile vote against Premier League $500m Middle East TV deal

    Club hit by Saudi takeover collapse is sole dissenter as rivals approve Qatar-based beIN Sports broadcast contract

  • Saturday, 5 December, 2020
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    English football clubs welcome back spectators but cheers are muted

    Lower league teams threatened by a north-south divide created by UK government’s tier system

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
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    Premier League agrees £250m rescue package for lower level clubs

    Deal signed with EFL after pressure from government aims to help football clubs survive Covid crisis

  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
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    A breakaway league for Europe’s footballing elite

    Plans could boost broadcast revenue, but prove unpopular with fans and smaller clubs

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
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    English football club’s revenue from broadcasting and ticket sales dented by pandemic

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  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
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    Top clubs unite to reject radical plans for sport as talks continue over Championship rescue

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    English football: the grass brutes game

    Project Big Picture might have worthy goals, but mid-tier sides might not want to play along

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    Premier League proposals raise suspicions over US owners’ motives

    Clubs divided by plan to hand power to elite few as lower leagues seek £250m rescue

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    EFL says departure of recently joined CEO David Baldwin not linked to plans to restructure game

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    Premier League retaliates against football restructuring plan

    Liverpool and Manchester United back proposals that ‘would create closed shop at top’

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
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    Football clubs slash transfer cash in era of Covid and empty stadiums

    Global spending on new soccer signings falls almost a third, dropping below $5bn for first time since 2016

  • Saturday, 3 October, 2020
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    This week in the business of sport: the Premier League’s difficult dance with politicians over a £250m bailout for English football, the problem of American viewers with too much sports to watch, Honda leaves Formula One, and more.

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