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Business of soccer

How money, technology and big business affects the beautiful game

10 May 2024

  • Jürgen Klopp and Arsène Wenger have been transformative figures in European football.

    Has Wenger finally won the culture war over big money in football?

    The Frenchman raged over the game’s super-rich when in charge of Arsenal. His hopes of a more level playing field may come to fruition

24 April 2024

  • three side by side images of two footballers and a coach

    Can San Diego FC pull off their plan to be the Ajax of North America?

    The new MLS franchise is owned by the Right to Dream academy, they plan to use a model inspired by LeBron James to carve out a new path in US soccer

18 April 2024

  • US Premier League fans are passionate, and thrive partly because of their distance from Europe

    A US Premier League game would be wildly popular – and demean everyone

    Aaron Timms
    Fifa is considering a policy change that would allow leagues to play domestic matches overseas, reopening one of football’s most squalid ideas

2 April 2024

  • FBL-ENG-PR-MAN CITY-CHELSEA-FANS<br>City fans arrive for the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on February 17, 2024. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP) (Photo by DARREN STAPLES/AFP via Getty Images)

    The Premier League’s era of vanity worship may be over but the future won’t be equal

    Aaron Timms
    The league has bared its teeth on teams in breach of profitability and sustainability rules. But the current enforcement has solidified the disparity between clubs

5 March 2024

  • The new season of ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ will premiere on 18 April.

    Should other clubs chase Wrexham’s American success story?

    The club owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney is leading the push to bring free-to-air matches to the US

9 February 2024

  • Rafael Devers, John Henry, Jurgen Klopp

    Does Jürgen Klopp’s exit signal the end of the golden age of FSG?

    As Liverpool prepares to look for a new manager, and its owners look to expand their portfolio, both parties may be racing toward a reckoning

25 January 2024

  • SSC Napoli v FC Internazionale - Italian EA Sports FC Supercup Final<br>RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - JANUARY 22: Lautaro Martinez of FC Internazionale receives the trophy during the Italian EA Sports FC Supercup Final match between SSC Napoli and FC Internazionale at Al-Awwal Stadium on January 22, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Matteo Ciambelli / DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

    The Saudi takeover of European football is about power, not sportswashing

    Aaron Timms
    Saudi buying up the Italian and Spanish Super Cups has legitimized the nation’s regime, at home and around the world

19 January 2024

  • Kevin de Bruyne re-injured his hamstring in Man City’s opening match of the Premier League season.

    Football injuries are on the rise. Will AI solve the problem?

    The Premier League is experiencing an injury crisis and the women’s game has an ACL epidemic. Advances in technology could help slow the spiral

5 January 2024

  • Manchester United board members Bryan Glazer, left, Avi Glazer, center, and Joel Glazer are pioneering a kind of non-exiting exit that gives them all the spoils of ownership with none of the accountability.

    The Glazers’ non-exiting exit of Manchester United is the way of the future

    Aaron Timms
    The Glazers blazed a trail for US money in European soccer. Now they’re innovating again with a non-sale ‘sale’ that gives them all the spoils of ownership with none of the accountability

21 December 2023

  • Manchester City FC v Real Madrid: Semi-Final Second Leg - UEFA Champions League<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 17: Kate Abdo working as a TV broadcaster / presenter for CBS Sports and Paramount+ alongside pundits, Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards during the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg match between Manchester City FC and Real Madrid at Etihad Stadium on May 17, 2023 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

    Why doesn’t US coverage of soccer include more US voices?

    The best broadcast in the US features a presenter with a mid-Atlantic accent, a Frenchman, an Englishman and a citizen of the people’s republic of Liverpool

17 December 2023

  • MLS: MLS Cup-State of the League<br>Dec 8, 2023; Columbus, OH, USA; MLS commissioner Don Garber speaks at Lower.com field. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports

    MLS’s arrogant withdrawal from US Open Cup is about controlling Messi Mania

    James Nalton
    The league announced it will send reserve teams to US soccer’s longest running competition in 2024

12 December 2023

  • Giorgio Chiellini joined LAFC from Juventus in June 2022.

    Giorgio Chiellini: ‘People around me said, “What are you doing?”’

    The Italian defender left Juventus for LAFC in 2020. With his playing career winding down, his move to MLS has laid the tracks for what comes next

28 November 2023

  • Miami organized a friendly against New York City FC to celebrate Lionel Messi’s eighth Ballon d’Or award.

    ‘I’m happy. I have friends who are not’: What Inter Miami lost with Messi

    The Argentinian has delivered a trophy and massive attention for his new team. But some fans say the franchise has become impersonal since his arrival

15 November 2023

  • FILE PHOTO: Champions League - Group F - Newcastle United v Borussia Dortmund<br>FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group F - Newcastle United v Borussia Dortmund - St James' Park, Newcastle, Britain - October 25, 2023 Newcastle United's Sandro Tonali before the match Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith/File Photo

    Player punishments mask our rotten relationship with gambling gods

    Sports leagues are in thrall to the gambling industrial complex. Punishing individual players keeps our eyes off the bigger fix

14 November 2023

  • Michael Fassbender in Next Goal Wins

    Why has Hollywood failed to produce a truly great soccer movie?

    Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins is the latest attempt to create a blockbuster based around the beautiful game. Focusing on personal stories may be the answer

1 November 2023

  • Jim Ratcliffe will buy an initial 25% stake in Manchester United and assume sporting control.

    Jim Ratcliffe, Manchester United and the myth of the spotless billionaire

    Aaron Timms
    In an era when clubs have become the playthings of billionaires, fans are left pondering the question: how do you prefer your sportswashing?

19 October 2023

  • Apple and MLS are banking on Lionel Messi’s star-power as much as his left foot

    Apple’s belligerently dull Messi doc shows football’s change from sport to content

    The new series was billed as a ‘documentary event’. The reality is something more tedious that points to sport’s transformation into a media asset

12 October 2023

  • Some Inter Miami season ticket prices will double next season

    Is the cost of bringing Lionel Messi to MLS falling on fans?

    The profile of Inter Miami – and the league itself – have been boosted by the Argentinian’s arrival. But it’s led to an increase in prices for some

15 August 2023

  • Lionel Messi and his wife Antonela Roccuzzo visit Saudi Arabia during a publicity trip to promote the kingdom

    Lionel Messi chose to play in MLS. But he’s still Saudi Arabia’s $25m pitch man

    The Argentinian opted for Inter Miami over Al-Hilal. But it would be wrong to think his decision was made on ethical grounds

11 August 2023

  • The US suffered the worst finish in their history at this year’s World Cup

    How rabid capitalism helped sink USA’s Women’s World Cup campaign

    Families often have to pay thousands of dollars to help their kids reach the elite level of youth soccer. No wonder participation is dwindling
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