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UEFA

From Financial Fair Play to Financial Sustainability: Andrea Traverso on a decade of reform, rising investment, and what the future holds for European football

In this interview, Football Benchmark’s CEO, Andrea Sartori, speaks with Andrea Traverso, UEFA’s Executive Director of Financial Sustainability and Research.

Financial Performance

Are UEFA’s Financial Sustainability Regulations helping to improve club profitability?

This analysis looks at whether the FSR is translating into greater profitability, based on financial data from a sample of 24 leading European clubs, offering a representative view of how top teams are adapting to the new framework.

Women Football

The rise of women’s football executives: Inside the WSL’s evolving leadership structures

To assess the professionalising structures, this article examines the evolution of women’s football leadership across England’s WSL through three dimensions - gender, women’s football experience, and playing background - while drawing selective comparisons with Spain’s Liga F.

Golden Boy

Golden Boy 2025: Insights on winner Désiré Doué, the finalists, and Europe’s youth development trends

This article analyses Désiré Doué’s standout season, the patterns and trends across the finalists and the top 100, as well as looking at how these patterns reflect broader youth development across European football.

Investors

European football M&A in 2025: Fewer mega deals, broader global reach

This analysis reviews the key developments across football M&A in 2025, highlighting the main target markets, the origins of investors, the year’s most significant reported transactions, as well as looking at the growing reach of activity beyond Europe and in the women’s game.

Big Five

Inside Paris’s football ecosystem: Where talent abundance meets untapped opportunity

This week’s analysis looks at Paris as a global hub for player development, why pathways within the city are limited, and how renewed investment could help translate its player production and commercial potential into sustainable competitiveness and depth.

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