The Director's Inbox
Paul Macdonald, Sub-Prime Goals (Jamie Bajwa)Football finance, explained differently and simply. For everyone. We offer financial due diligence, financial and investment planning and commission bespoke research reports in the world of sports. For enquiries, please email [email protected].
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The Director's Inbox #33: Will the Premier League gambling ban become a competitive disadvantage?
And then there were four. Following Aston Villa’s new £17mn a year front-of-shirt sponsorship deal it left Fulham, Hull City, Nottingham Forest and Sunderland as the Famous Four without FoS sponsorships for the 2026/27 season. The lack of d...
The Director's Inbox #32: Football's Prisoner's Dilemma reinforced by Deloitte
Deloitte published their 2026 review of football finance this week. The good news is revenues across European football have grown 6% this year (concentrated in the Top 5 leagues) to over €40bn. However, operating profits across the Top 5 le...
The Director's Inbox #31: UEFA Punishments Say Excessive Losses Matter More Than High Wages
UEFA has finalised its financial judgements for the 2025/26 season with €50mn in unconditional fines for clubs breaking either the Football Earnings or Squad Cost Ratio rules. Only clubs breaking whose losses were too high received sanction...
The Director's Inbox #30: Spurs' spending has plenty of red flags
The Lewis family is set to inject another £100mn into Tottenham Hotspur. This follows the £100mn injected into the club in October 2025 and amidst Spurs losing £120mn per year with underlying profitability worsening. This cash is most likel...
The Director's Inbox #29: Marseille have been added to UEFA's financial naughty list
Both Paul and Jamie are travelling this week so we’re slimming down the usual weekly analysis. However, we will leave you with the latest from UEFA’s latest update on its naughty financial list following the 2025/26 season. No news on Chels...
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