• January 28 2024
  Manchester United PLC

  ‘It’s by design, not by luck’: Man Utd’s new CEO on the strategy behind his former club City’s treble win

  Omar Berrada faces the daunting task of restoring the 20-times English champions to its former glory

  
• January 27 2024
  News in-depth

  English women’s football clubs hope new league will kick start investment

  Shake-up designed to attract bigger commercial contracts and broadcasting deals

  
• January 26 2024
  Instant InsightSimon Kuper

  Jürgen Klopp’s departure holds lessons for leaders everywhere

  The Liverpool manager is a gifted motivator who knows how to delegate

  
• January 26 2024
  Liverpool Football Club

  Jürgen Klopp calls time on Liverpool FC saying he has ‘run out of energy’

  German manager will leave Premier League club at end of season after almost nine years in charge

  
• January 26 2024
  InterviewLunch with the FT

  Andrea Agnelli on Juventus and the Super League: ‘My conscience is super clear’

  The industrial scion on family, football and why there is still life in a breakaway European tournament

  
• January 24 2024
  News in-depthNorthern Ireland

  Euro 2028 stadium revamp brings Northern Ireland divisions to surface

  Regeneration of Casement Park sparks resentment from unionists

  
• January 17 2024
  Manchester United PLC

  Manchester United cuts profit forecast after Champions League ejection

  Warning from New York-listed club shows challenge facing new minority shareholder Jim Ratcliffe

  
• January 12 2024
  Due Diligence

  The never-ending Manchester United deal saga Premium content

  Plus, a look at the speedy bankruptcy of Chinese shadow bank Zhongzhi

  
• January 11 2024
  Media

  Africa’s biggest pay-TV company strikes late deal to screen continent’s top football tournament

  MultiChoice reverses decision not to screen Africa Cup of Nations after fierce bidding battle

  
• December 30 2023
  Fifa halts new regulations for football agents

  Talent agencies had scored series of wins against the new rules in the courts

  
• December 29 2023
  Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch

  Football’s broadcast revenue boom is over — what happens now?

  A squeeze on revenues stands to benefit the Premier League, but at a cost to competitions elsewhere in Europe

  
• December 27 2023
  News in-depthManchester United PLC

  Ratcliffe’s tough experience at Nice offers lessons for Manchester United

  Ineos billionaire’s steep learning curve in French football provides valuable insights to apply at storied English club

  
• December 24 2023
  Manchester United PLC

  Jim Ratcliffe seals deal to buy $1.3bn stake in Man Utd

  British tycoon will also invest $300mn in the 20-times English football champions

  
• December 21 2023
  Uefa and Fifa lose Super League football case

  Biggest European clubs given chance to join breakaway tournaments after ECJ competition ruling

  
• December 21 2023
  Europe Express

  Why Brussels fears ‘survival mode’ elections in 2024 Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: The battle for control of European elite football reaches ECJ judgment

  
• December 16 2023
  Scoreboard

  Baseball’s $700mn man Premium content

  Plus, is an afternoon with Oleksandr Usyk, Paris Saint-Germain 2.0

  
• December 15 2023
  News in-depthParis Saint-Germain Football Club

  PSG seeks to build global brand after US investor Arctos takes stake

  Deal valuing football club at more than €4bn signals commercial push by Qatari owners

  
• December 12 2023
  Sport

  Turkish football suspended after club president punches referee

  Ankaragücü club president Faruk Koca struck referee Halil Umut Meler during a Süper Lig match against Çaykur Rizespor

  
• December 12 2023
  Puma

  Puma to end sponsorship of Israel’s national football team

  German sports brand says decision was taken for business reasons and not related to consumer backlash

  
• December 11 2023
  German football clubs vote to back private equity investment

  Result paves way for deal that would see buyout industry take stake in entity controlling Bundesliga’s commercial rights

  
• December 11 2023
  Ex-footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović to join AC Milan owner RedBird

  Former centre-forward will use his 123mn social media followers to expand club’s international brand

  
• December 11 2023
  Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk seizes on European wins to boost overseas profile

  War means the country’s top football team is reliant on income from competitions in Europe and player transfers

  
• December 10 2023
  Uefa

  Uefa president seeks to extend stay at helm of football governing body

  Rule change would aid Aleksander Ceferin in remaining beyond 12-year limit he helped introduce 

  
• December 9 2023
  Scoreboard

  The Premier League’s £6.7bn payday Premium content

  Also in this week’s newsletter, Jon Rahm defects to LIV, disappointment for John Textor and Arctos buy PSG stake

  
• December 9 2023
  News in-depth

  David and Goliath: Luton vs Man City clash shows highs and lows of Premier League

  After a 25-year hiatus, the world’s richest football club will face a team that has risen from the ashes