With the start of the World Cup, attention has understandably turned to football! Whilst for England, starting off with a couple of wins has for once raised hopes and taken the limelight away from the Premier League, preparations continue for the coming domestic season and recent events that have received relatively little media attention are to have huge … Continue Reading
Paris Saint Germain’s summer transfer activity came to an end in (Seine)sational style! The facts speak for themselves: The two largest football transfer fees in history – £366M combined spending on Neymar da Silva Santos Junior and Kylian Mbappe; Combined wages of a reported £700k/week (both on 5 year contracts). The signings of Neymar and … Continue Reading
At the closing of the summer transfer window on 31 August, it was announced that the Premier League had splurged a record-breaking £1.165 billion on player transfers. To put that in context, that is roughly equivalent to the GDP of the Central African Republic but was spent by 20 English clubs in a two month period. … Continue Reading
Despite the fact that there have been no football club insolvencies in over two seasons, on 5 June 2015 the Football League voted to amend its rules on football insolvencies. The amendments to the existing rules were approved at the recent Football League Conference and will come into force from the start of the 2015-16 … Continue Reading
