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FIFA TMS: a record 24,558 international transfers (+7%) & a record $13bn spent (+52%) in 2025

Men's professional football clubs spent a record $13.08bn (€11.1bn as of 31/12/2025) in international transfer fees during 2025, a sum up 52% on 2024 ($8.59bn/€8.24bn), above the previous record set in 2023 ($9.6bn / €8.7bn), for a record total of 24,558 international transfers (+7.7%), according to the Global Transfer Report 2025 published by FIFA on 28/01/2026.An all-time record of 86,158...

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England/women's football: revenues of €20m for WSL Football's first financial year (2024-25)

WSL Football, the commercial company responsible for the organisation of England's top two women's leagues (Barclays Women's Super League and Barclays Women's Super League 2), posted revenues of £17.4m (€20.1m) for its first financial year (from 24/04/2024 to 31/07/2025), which mainly included the 2024-25 season, it announced on 27/01/2026.WSL Football reported an operating loss of £8.2m...

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AS Roma: the new stadium project (60,605 seats) estimated at €1.38bn

The new stadium project of AS Roma (Serie A Enilive), to be built in the Pietralata district (northeast of Rome, Italy), is estimated at €1.38bn, including €633m dedicated to the construction of the stadium, according to the technical and economic feasibility study delivered by the club in December 2025 and consulted by Italian outlet Il Messaggero.The stadium is set to have a capacity of...

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2025-26 LALIGA EA Sports: FC Barcelona lead mid-season TV audiences in Spain (1.658m on average)

FC Barcelona ranked first in viewership over the first half of the 2025-26 LALIGA EA Sports season (19 matchdays) in Spain, according to data from audience measurement institute Kantar compiled in a report by Spanish audiovisual consulting firm Barlovento Comunicación, published in January 2026.Barça’s matches drew an average of 1.658 million viewers on Movistar LALIGA (Telefonica Group) and...

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International development, ESG strategies, takeover bids, social media... a look at clubs in 2025

European clubs carried out various development strategies in 2025, with a focus on international expansion (in varying regions depending on the club), ESG criteria and ownership models.While several major clubs saw their revenues and estimated valuations increase, others, such as Juventus FC (Serie A Enilive) and Tottenham Hotspur FC (Premier League), faced takeover bids that were ultimately...

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Premier League / safety: three pilot projects to be launched in 2026-27 in partnership with the police

• "Piloting drones in the West Midlands to provide an improved picture of what is happening around football stadia and help manage risks to public safety more effectively;• Leveraging data and AI-driven predictive modelling to understand crowd dynamics and enhance public safety in Merseyside;• Piloting live intelligence-led facial recognition in London to identify and prevent serious...

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SFS 2025: "Maintaining Serie A's appeal in the face of the Champions League" (L. De Siervo, Lega Serie A)

"We have to maintain the appeal of our league and our domestic matches. The Champions League has become gigantic and is causing a decline in public interest in the domestic leagues. We need to protect the product that people pay season tickets for. There is a risk of finding ourselves in the same situation as France, with TV rights plummeting. The first of the five Top 5 leagues has been hit by...

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Social Football Summit 2025: "Translating the values of the 50+1 rule into marketing" (A. Mühl, BVB)

"The involvement of the fans, their importance, the anchoring represented by the 50+1 rule in Germany (which gives the association the majority of voting rights - 50% + 1 vote - on the board of directors of a professional club incorporated as a commercial company), are all values that can be translated into marketing and can arouse curiosity, particularly in America. This rule forces us to be...

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Think Sport CIC: "Football is in a bad way, we mustn’t rush things" (P. Ferracci, Paris FC)

"Football is in a bad way today, as we all know. There are clubs in difficulty, as we can see in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. So Paris FC (Ligue 1 McDonald's) mustn't rush things. Let's think first about the club's foundations, and here Antoine Arnault has been clear: that means the training centre in particular. Or rather, the training centres, because we have overinvested in women's football at Paris...

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Germany/DFL: record cumulative turnover of €5.87bn for the 36 professional clubs

• "Never before have the 36 clubs reported such a high cumulative turnover: €5.87bn (€4,801.9m for the Bundesliga + €1,068.1m for the 2.Bundesliga, see below).• Never before have so many people been employed by the clubs of the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga and their subsidiaries: almost 62,000. • Never before has professional football paid so many taxes and duties: around...

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Diarra case: class action launched against FIFA by Justice for Players to compensate players

"Justice for Players is launching a class action in the Netherlands against FIFA and several national football associations on behalf of professional football players, men and women, who have played for football clubs in member states of the European Union and the United Kingdom and who have been adversely affected by FIFA's unlawful rules from 2002 to the present," announced the Dutch foundation,...

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Como 1907: launch of SENT Tourism, a "luxury tour operator" designed to enhance matchday experiences

Como 1907 (Serie A Enilive) has launched "SENT Tourism", a "luxury tour operator that transforms matchday into a lifestyle experience," announced the club on 09/06/2025."With SENT Tourism, the club extends its identity into the realm of elite travel, fusing the thrill of the game with the beauty, culture, and elegance of Lake Como and Italy's top-tier locations. SENT Tourism offers a range of...

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