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Champions League

UEFA Champions League 2025/26: Financial and sporting patterns in the league phase

This article reviews the 2025/26 league phase through a combined financial and sporting lens, focusing on estimated prize money distribution, the financial weight of Champions League income relative to club revenues, and the relationship between squad value and league phase performance.

Financial Performance

Who is leading matchday revenue generation in European club football?

Using the top 20 European clubs by matchday revenue in the 2024/25 season as the reference group, this article analyses matchday performance through three lenses: the current matchday revenue hierarchy, how matchday revenues have evolved per club since pre-pandemic, and how efficiently these clubs are converting stadium capacity into revenue.

Women Football

The women’s football transfer market: growth trends shaping its next phase

To assess how the women’s transfer market is evolving and where it may be heading, this article looks at changes in the volume of international transfers, the concentration of transfer spending, and the evolution of record-level fees.

Club Case

Sporting CP: From on-pitch resurgence to sustainable value creation

This case study analyses the strategic drivers behind Sporting’s recent success on and off the pitch and the club’s future plans for longer-term sustainability.

Financial Performance

The SAF law and the changing meaning of success in Brazilian football

This article, co-authored with Brazilian football executive Pedro Martins, reflects on the early years of the SAF framework and examines why legal and financial reform alone cannot define sporting success in Brazilian football.

Club Valuation

Juventus, Tether and the valuation context behind a rejected takeover bid

In this analysis, we explore these factors and provide a broader background to the valuation considerations of a listed club like Juventus FC.

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