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The Director’s Inbox #42: Unpicking Chelsea’s valuation
Another week another Premier League mega deal as Clearlake Capital have bought the c.25.6% stake of Mark Walter and Todd Boehly for approximately £1bn, taking their own stake in the club to roughly 87%. Hansjorg Wyss will retaining the rest...
The Director’s Inbox #41: Benfica’s business model is unrivalled, for now
Benfica this week reported their 2025/26 financial results, they turned another profit but the club have some work to do to retain stellar financial position. Profit before Tax of €21.9mn, down from last season’s €37.2mn. However, profits w...
The Director’s Inbox #40: The transfer window that must induce change
The transfer window is over for another year, and even by Premier League standards, the level of wanton spending has reached such irresponsible levels, you feel that a Netflix talking heads documentary, Enron-style, where the protagonists k...
The Director’s Inbox #39: Will Ligue 1 media rights tender get a bid?
Football Finance this week
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UEFA have ended its threat to boycott FIFA tournaments after receiving reassurances the plans to sell stakes in the World Cup will not be revived.
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UEFA and CONCACAF have begun talks for a Nations League...
The Director’s Inbox #38: Big Premier League Deals
The Bhatia-led consortium have actually snared 38% of Liverpool at an approximate $7.5bn valuation as opposed to the c.33% of the club previously reported. The deal puts FSG’s cash on cash return at just under 5x when factoring in day to da...
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