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The Director’s Inbox #43: Five football clubs in Europe just recorded a profit (opens the original)
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Man City have been found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges. You don’t need us to tell you how significant that is. City are expected to appeal and sanctions have not yet been decided. Naturally, the fallout from the verdict is only just starting today…anyway, onto more fun (?) matters…A spate of clubs reported their financial results last week, we take a look into some of the high-level emerging themes from their books.Thanks for reading The Director's Inbox! Subscr
The Director’s Inbox #42: Unpicking Chelsea’s valuation (opens the original)
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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 of the shares. Chelsea have stated the transaction will not impact day to day operations, leadership or strategy.<div class="su
The Director’s Inbox #41: Benfica’s business model is unrivalled, for now (opens the original)
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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 would have been just €8mn profit were it not for the €15mn compensation they received from Real Madrid for Men’s First Team Manager Jose Mourinho. <p class="cta-cap
The Director’s Inbox #40: The transfer window that must induce change (opens the original)
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The Director’s Inbox #39: Will Ligue 1 media rights tender get a bid? (opens the original)
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Football Finance this weekUEFA have ended its threat to boycott FIFA tournaments after receiving reassurances the plans to sell stakes in the World Cup will not be revived.UEFA and CONCACAF have begun talks for a Nations League style competition featuring all 96 countries from Europe, North and Central America.<a href="https://akti
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